Dorset Birds: Tuesday 21st January 2025

Lesser Scaup - 1st winter drake still South Lake of Longham Lakes

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Jerry's Point

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Mudeford Quay

Great Northern Diver - 1 Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour

Glossy Ibis - 1 still Fleet Lane Chickerell

Spoonbill - 8 Lytchett Bay, 13 Wareham Channel

Cattle Egret - 98 between West Elsworth and Abbotsbury, 2 just south of Little Bredy, 12 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 2 Silverlake, East Lake, 1 Swineham

Hen Harrier - Ringtail Wyke Down

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Short-eared Owl - 2 Wyke Down

Snow Bunting - 1 still Hamworthy beach huts

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.