Dorset Birds: Wednesday 23rd August 2023

Nightjar - 1 ringed at Durlston

Black-tailed Godwit - c.250 Holes Bay, c.800 Poole Harbour, 4 Brownsea

Knot - 9 Stanpit

Ruff - 1 Stanpit

Dunlin - 120 Brownsea

Spotted Redshank - 1 Wareham Channel

Greenshank - 14 Brownsea, 2 Stanpit

Forster's Tern - 1st summer again off Shipstal Point, Arne

Black Tern - 3 at Shipstal Point, Arne

Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea

Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham Point

Great White Egret - 1 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 1 over Rushcombe LNR

Grasshopper Warbler - 11 ringed at Wild Woodbury, 1 Symondsbury, 1 near Swyre Head

Redstart - 2 Ulwell, 1 Wild Woodbury

Whinchat - near Swyre Head

Wheatear - 7 near Swyre Head, 7 Maiden castle

Tree Pipit - 14 ringed at Wild Woodbury

RARE BREEDING BIRDS

Dorset Bird Club and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel advocate special caution when reporting rare breeding birds as they are vulnerable to persecution and disturbance.

Please consider the birds welfare and do not share details of any rare breeding species on X/Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp groups, personal websites, blogs, or local birdwatching message boards.

We urge all finders of rare birds to consider whether they may be breeding before sharing the news.

Sightings should always be submitted, in confidence, to the county recorder to contribute to long-term national monitoring.