Dorset Birds: Monday 8th July 2024

Garganey - 1 Ridipole RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 5 Stilt Pool Swineham, 4 Silverlake

Common Sandpiper - 3 Ferrybridge, 2 Silverlake, 1 Swineham GP , 1 Peveril Point

Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery flew East down the Fleet

Yellow legged Gull - 2 Stilt Pool Swineham

Roseate Tern - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Arctic Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great Northern Diver - 1 Ferrybridge

Spoonbill - 2 still at Middlebere from NT hide

Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake

Osprey - 1 Middlebere NT hide

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.