Dorset Birds: Thursday 20th February 2025

Common Scoter - 1 off Jerry's Pt.

Long-tailed Duck - 1 female Jerry's Pt.

Black-throated Diver - 1+ off Salterns Marina

Great Northern Diver - 4 off north shore of Brownsea Is.

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Pt.

Black-necked Grebe - 2 off Jerry's Pt.

Spoonbill - 5 Shipstal Pt Arne RSPB, 3 Middlebere, 1 flew upriver Wareham.

White-tailed Eagle - 1 juvenile Middlebere

Greenshank - 3 Brownsea Is.

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.