Dorset Birds: Wednesday 7th August 2024

Goosander - 7 redheads at Silverlake (West Lake)
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Island
Whimbrel - 7 Stanpit, 1 Brownsea Island
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit, 1 NE Holes Bay, 1 Brownsea Island
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 2 from Rock Lea Viewpoint at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 4 Middlebere
Whimbrel - 1 Brownsea Island
Cory's Shearwater - 5 east past Portland Bill, 1 east past Durlston CP
Balearic Shearwater - 26 past Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 2 Silverlake
Spoonbill - 16 Brownsea Island, 3 Middlebere
Osprey - 4 Middlebere

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.