Dorset Birds: Sunday 7th July 2024

Eider - 1 Mudeford Quay

Common Scoter - 6 off Mudeford Quay going West

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Silverlake

Whimbrel - 2 Ferrybridge

Bar-tailed Godwits - 7 Ferrybridge

Little Tern - 8 Mudeford Quay

Roseate Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 4 Arne Moors RSPB, 1 Silverlake

Peregrine Falcon - 2 Silverlake, 1 Standpit Marsh

Great Black Backed Gull - 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.