Dorset Birds: Monday 5th February 2024

Mandarine - 1 on floods at Winterborne Monkton

Red-throated Diver - 3 Hengistbury Hd.

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Kimmeridge Bay

Cattle Egret - 7 Hengistbury Hd.

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Hengistbury Hd.

Waxwing - 8 ASDA Canford Heath and Dacombe Drive Upton.

Shelduck - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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.