Dorset Birds: Saturday 17th February 2024

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Littlesea (The Fleet), 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery closed so only view from public rights of way)
Goldeneye - 2 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Slavonian Grebe - 6 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour entrance
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 8 Poole Harbour, 2 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Spoonbill - 4 Poole Harbour
Cattle Egret - 33 Wareham Common, 6 from roost on Hengistbury, 2 Hampreston Fields
Great White Egret - 1 over Longham Lakes
Red Kite - 2 over Lytchett Matravers
Short-eared Owl - 1 Abbotsbury STW, 1 over Hengistbury
Waxwing - 8 still at Dacombe Drive in Upton
Swallow - 1 over Radipole Lake RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Wood
Water Pipit - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB on Sherford Pools
Brambling - 4 Hengistbury

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.