Dorset Birds: Friday 28th June 2024

Balearic Shearater - 2 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 over Wick Fields

Red Kite over Abbotsbury

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 Wareham channel

Br-tailed Godwit - 13 Stanpit Marsh

Roseate Tern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.

Lapwing - 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.