Dorset Birds: Monday 17th June 2024

Cuckoo - 1 Stanpit

Redshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon

Great Skua - 1 offshore Portland Bill

Arctic Skua - 3 offshore Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 12+ offshore at Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 1 over Hengistbury Head

Red Kite - 1 Litton Cheney

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 4 Morden Bog, 1 Litton Cheney

Little Grebes, 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.