Dorset Birds: Saturday 16th September 2023

Garganey - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Knot - 20 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Sanderling - 6 Brownsea Island lagoon, 6 Stanpit Marsh
Golden Plover - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Curlew Sandpiper - 6+ Brownsea Island lagoon, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 16 Brownsea Island lagoon, 4 Stanpit Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - 150 past Portland Bill this morning
Glossy Ibis - 1 roosted at Hengistbury Head this evening
Spoonbill - 70 Brownsea Island lagoon (a seasonal record)
Cattle Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 south over Portland Bill, 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Whinchat - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Siskin - 115 St Aldhelm's Head

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.