Dorset Birds: Tuesday 30th April 2024

Nightjar - 1 seen flying near Sugar Hill, Wareham Forest
Cuckoo - 1 heard at Longham Lakes, 1 Morden Bog
Sanderling - 4 east Hengistbury Head
Whimbrel - 2 Lynch Cove, 2 in Holloway's Dock, Hengistbury
Spotted Redshank - 2 on flood N of Swineham GPs
Wood Sandpiper - 3 on flood N of Swineham GPs
Greenshank - 3 on flood N of Swineham GPs
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 2cy still on flood N of Swineham GPs

Little Gull - 2cy still on flood N of Swineham GPs
Pomarine Skua - 2 east past Portland Bill, 1 east past Chesil Beach at Ferrybridge, 1 past the Bridging Camp (The Fleet)

Arctic Skua - 2 east Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 4 east Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 west Hengistbury Head
Red Kite - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 over Upton CP

Hobby - 1 Hampreston Fields, 1 Toller Porcorum, 1 Morden Bog
Merlin - 1 again west of Bridging Camp (The Fleet)
Yellow Wagtail - 1 in Barn Field, Hengistbury

Tree Pipit - 4 Morden Bog
Crossbill - 3 Morden Bog

Siskin, Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown

Whimbrel, Hengistbury Head © 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.