Dorset Birds: Sunday 18th August 2024

Knot - 1 Rodden Hive
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit on North Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay
Spoonbill - 10 Middlebere
Osprey - 6 Wareham Channel, 1 Avon Valley
Goshawk - 1 Arne RSPB
Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB
Pied Flycatcher - 1 trapped and ringed at Durlston CP, 1 trapped and ringed at Longham Lakes

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.