Dorset Birds: Sightings - Tuesday 29th July 2014

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Montagu's Harrier - 1 in off the sea at Abbotsbury
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay
Willow Warbler - 45 Christchurch Harbour

Great Black-backed Gull, Portland Bill © Joe Mitchell

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.