Dorset Birds: Wednesday 30th October 2024

Ring-necked Duck - 1 South Lake Silverlake

Velvet Scoter - 1 Juv / female on South Lake Longham Lakes

Red-necked Grebe (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii) - Portland Harbour

Knot - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cattle Egret- 54 Wareham Common North of railway bridge

Great White Egret - 1 Brands Bay

Red Kite - 6 Shaftsbury

Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor

Yellow Browed Warbler - 1 Potland Obs, 1 Tidmoor Point The Fleet, 1 Solent Meads Hengisbury Head

Black Redstart - 4 Starbucks Car park Portland Harbour, 1 Woodville, 1 East Stour

Hawfinch - 3 Allington Hill

Lesser Redpoll - 1 Allington Hill

Yesterday:

Black throated diver - 1 Portland Harbour

Balearic Shearwater - 9 off portland Bill

Short Eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 10 Portland Bill

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.