Dorset Birds: Thursday 4th July 2024

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Silverlake, 3 Stilt Pool Swineham

Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay

Curlew - 9 Holes Bay, 55 Brands Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - Holes Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Peveril Point Swanage

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor

Redshank - 14 Holes Bay, 4 Brands Bay

Greenshank - 1 Silverlake

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole RSPB, 3 Silverlake

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Coombe Heath

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.