Dorset Birds: Friday 2nd August 2024

Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Island.
Greenshank - 13+ Brownsea Island.
Sanderling - 21 Brownsea Island.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Brownsea Island.
Green Sandpiper - 6 Abbotsbury (The Fleet).
Common Sandpiper - 2+ Brownsea Island, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Longham Lakes.
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit.
Cory's Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 9 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Cerne Abbas.
Red Kite - 1 Winterborne Whitechurch.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Lytchett Bay.

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.