Dorset Birds: Tuesday 4th February 2025

Barnacle Goose - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Wareham Channel

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay

Great Northern Diver - 1 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wareham Channel

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.