Dorset Birds: Monday 24th June 2024

Golden Pheasant - 1 Furzey Island.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 heard over Stanpit.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Hobby - 1 Arne, 1 Stanpit.
Little Tern - 4 Stanpit.
Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit.

Herring Gull juvenile, Christchurch © 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.