Steve Smith: Studland & Old Harry Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 231 of 231 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 09/01/2010 Brands Bay 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 02/01/2022 Brands Bay 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/12/2023 Brands Bay 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31/12/2014 Brands Bay 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 09/01/2010 Brands Bay 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 05/01/2003 Littlesea 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/02/2009 Littlesea 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/01/2003 Littlesea 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/11/2013 Brands Bay 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 01/01/2005 Furzey Island from Brands Bay 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 39 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/05/2022 Ballard Down & also seen distantly from Middle Beach 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 17/05/2009 Studland Village (Near Middle Beach) 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 17/08/2009 Brands Bay 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/01/2010 Brands Bay 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 28/10/2014 South Haven 69 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 11/05/2022 South Haven 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 71 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 05/11/2023 South Haven 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 10/09/2010 Brands Bay 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/02/2009 Brands Bay 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/09/2010 Brands Bay 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2011 Brands Bay 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/08/2010 South Haven 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 23/04/2005 South Beach 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 31/08/2010 South Haven (Houseboats) 86 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 10/09/2014 South Haven (Houseboats) 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 27/04/2008 Old Harry 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 89 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 29/04/2008 Middle Beach 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 91 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 92 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 99 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 28/02/2009 South Haven (Houseboats) - In Brownsea channel 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 20/10/2009 Old Harry 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 104 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/11/2010 Brands Bay 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Little Auk Alle alle 05/12/2010 South Haven (By Brownsea Quay) 107 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 108 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/10/1998 South Haven 112 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 29/11/2009 South Haven 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 114 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 115 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 116 Gannet Morus bassanus 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 119 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23/10/2008 Ballard Down near Glebelands 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/09/2014 Littlesea 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 16/07/2018 Littlesea 125 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 126 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/08/2007 Brands Bay 127 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 128 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/03/2015 South Haven 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 131 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 25/08/2007 Old Harry 132 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/05/2009 Brands Bay 133 Black Kite Milvus migrans 28/04/2022 Studland - Littlesea/Ballard Down 134 Buzzard Buteo buteo 135 Barn Owl Tyto alba 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 138 Hoopoe Upupa epops 24/04/2014 Greenlands Farm 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 17/05/1987 Godlingston Heath 145 Merlin Falco columbarius 146 Hobby Falco subbuteo 147 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 148 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 149 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 150 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 11/09/2015 Greenlands Farm 151 Jay Garrulus glandarius 152 Magpie Pica pica 153 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 154 Rook Corvus frugilegus 155 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 156 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 27/08/2017 Ballard Down 157 Raven Corvus corax 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus South Haven 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 161 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/01/1999 South Haven 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 163 Great Tit Parus major 164 Woodlark Lullula arborea 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 166 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 167 Swallow Hirundo rustica 168 House Martin Delichon urbicum 169 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/09/2015 South Haven 170 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 171 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 172 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus South Beach 173 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Studland Village 174 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 175 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 176 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 178 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 11/08/2015 South Haven 179 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 180 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 181 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 182 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 183 Whitethroat Curruca communis 184 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 185 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 186 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 187 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 188 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 189 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 190 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Brands Bay & Greenlands Farm 191 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 192 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 193 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 194 Redwing Turdus iliacus 195 Blackbird Turdus merula 196 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 197 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 198 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 199 Robin Erithacus rubecula 200 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 201 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 202 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 203 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 204 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 205 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 206 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus South Haven 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 210 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 211 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 212 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 24/04/2014 Greenlands Farm 213 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 214 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 215 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 216 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 217 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 218 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes South Haven 219 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 220 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 221 Linnet Linaria cannabina 222 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 223 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 224 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 225 Siskin Spinus spinus 226 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Littlesea 227 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 04/03/2017 South Haven 228 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14/08/2022 Ballard Down 229 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 230 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus ********** ********** 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus