Dorset Birds: Thursday 25th July 2024

Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Ringed Plover - 40 Ferrybridge, 10 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Sanderling - 4 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Green Sand Piper - 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere, 3 BoPH safari cruise

Greenshank - 7 Lychett Fields RSPB, 4 Middlebere, 3 BoPH safari Cruise, 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Arctic Skua - 1 Ferrybridge

Spoonbill - 3 Middlebere, 3 Bownsea Lagoon DWT

Short eared Owl - 1 West Bexington

juv Robin - Merley © Roger P

Greenfinch - Stanpit Mash © 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.