Dorset Birds: Thursday 14th November 2024

Barnacle Goose - 3 in large goose flock between Woodsford Bridge and Lewell Mill
Long-tailed Duck - 1 briefly in Holloway's Dock (Hengistbury) this morning
Pintail - 126 Brand's Bay
Goosander - 8 between Woodsford bridge and Lewell Mill
Slavonian Grebe - 2 on the Fleet at Littlesea
Purple Sandpiper- 1 West Bay
Grey Plover - 11 Brand's Bay
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Gull - 261 Brand's Bay
Great Northern Diver - 3 West Bay, 2 west past Peveril Point
Red-throated Diver - 2 West Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury
Black Redstart - 3 Bridging Camp (Wyke Regis), 1 West Bay
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 1 Tidmoor, 1 over West 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.