Dorset Birds: Wednesday 24th July 2024

Bittern - 1 seen in flight Arne Moors flying to Swineham GP.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Yellow-legged Gull - 3 Swineham on the Stilt Pools

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill (1st of autumn)

Black-headed Gull & Common Tern Longham Lakes © Ron Poulter

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.