Dorset Birds: Saturday 21st December 2024

Eider - 1 off Jerry's Point
Goldeneye - 7 Brand's Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Studland Bay, 2 Brand's Bay
Black-tailed Godwit - approx 2,300 at Stanpit Marsh
Woodcock - 1 Garston Wood RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Brand's Bay
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Studland Bay from Middle Beach
Spoonbill - 6 Lytchett Bay, 6 Middlebere, 1 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Point)
Great White Egret - 1 Wareham Common
Cattle Egret - 41 Holmebridge
Hen Harrier - 2 (male and ringtail) Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay
Red Kite - 9 Wyke Down
Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down
Barn Owl - 2 Wyke Down
Marsh Tit - 8 Garston Wood RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Lytchett Bay
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove (Portland)

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.