Dorset Birds: Thursday November 7th 2024

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Fitzworth Point, Ower Bay

Holoeill's Red-necked Grebe - apparent still Portland harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Wareham channel

Avocet - c.50 Brownsea Island lagoon

Ruff - 2 Swineham

Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Island lagoon

Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Island lagoon

Cattle Egret - 59 in field Holme bridge between Wareham and Wool

White-tailed Eagle - 4 Brands Bay

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury sub-tropical gardens

1 Southwell Portland

Pallas's Warbler - 1 in garden at Southwell Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Tilly Whim, Durlston, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 2 Portland, 1 Swanage

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.