Dorset Birds: Monday 2nd December 2024

Surf Scoter - still off Middle Beach, Studland

Velvet Scoter - 1 Brands Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Middle Beach Studland

Avocet - 500+ Middlebere

Green Sandpiper - 3 River Frome Woodsford

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Red-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay

Black-throated Diver - 1 off Middle Beach Studland

Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham

Hen Harrier - male Middlebere

White-tailked Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Spoonbill, Middlebere © Alan Membury

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.