Dorset Birds: Sunday 22nd October 2023

Black Brant - 1 Rodden Hive

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Hen Harrier - 1 Wyke Down
Goshawk - 1 Wyke Down
Red Kite - 3 Wyke Down

White tailed Eagle - 1 Wyke Down

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP
Firecrest - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay

Ring Ouzel - 5 Ulwell Gap
Fieldfare - 12 Ulwell Gap

Lesser Redpoll - 20 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Snow Bunting - 1 Wyke Regis allotments
Little Bunting - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO

Late reports from yesterday :

Winspit - 1 Snow Bunting
Wyke Down - 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Red Kites, 1 Merlin, 3 Short-eared Owls and 1 or 2 Barn Owls.

Black-tailed Godwit, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

White-tailed Eagle, Wyke Down © Mike Trew

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.