Steve Smith: Isle of Purbeck Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 171 of 171 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 17/03/2024 East Holme GP 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/02/2024 Holmebridge 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16 Scaup Aythya marila 11/01/2024 Brands Bay 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/04/2024 Peveril Point 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2024 Brands Bay 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 Holmebridge 22 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 23 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26 Swift Apus apus ********** ********** 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 31 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 33 Coot Fulica atra 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 36 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 37 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 39 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 40 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 41 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 42 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 43 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 44 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 45 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 46 Curlew Numenius arquata 47 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 48 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 49 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 50 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 51 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 53 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 56 Knot Calidris canutus 57 Sanderling Calidris alba 58 Dunlin Calidris alpina 59 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/01/2024 South Haven (viewing Sandbanks) 60 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 31/03/2024 Arne 61 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/05/2024 Brownsea 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 63 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 18/05/2024 Studland - South Haven 64 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 65 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 16/04/2024 Redcliffe (over Bestwall) 66 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 67 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/05/2024 Holmebridge 68 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 69 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 70 Common Gull Larus canus 71 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 72 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 75 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/04/2024 Peveril Point 76 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 04/05/2024 Peveril Point 77 Puffin Fratercula arctica 78 Razorbill Alca torda 79 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 81 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 03/01/2024 Middle Beach, Studland 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 83 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 84 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/04/2024 Peveril Point 85 Gannet Morus bassanus 86 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 87 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 88 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 89 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 90 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 14/01/2024 Bog Lane 91 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/05/2024 East Holme Church 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 93 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/05/2024 Brands Bay 94 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 95 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 96 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 97 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 98 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/03/2024 St Aldhelms 99 Buzzard Buteo buteo 100 Barn Owl Tyto alba 101 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 102 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 103 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 104 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 105 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 106 Hobby Falco subbuteo 107 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 108 Jay Garrulus glandarius 109 Magpie Pica pica 110 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 111 Rook Corvus frugilegus 112 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 113 Raven Corvus corax 114 Coal Tit Periparus ater 115 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 116 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 117 Great Tit Parus major 118 Woodlark Lullula arborea 119 Skylark Alauda arvensis 120 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 121 Swallow Hirundo rustica 122 House Martin Delichon urbicum 123 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 124 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 125 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 126 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 127 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 128 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 129 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 130 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 131 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 132 Whitethroat Curruca communis 133 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 134 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 135 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 136 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 137 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 138 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 139 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 140 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 141 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 142 Redwing Turdus iliacus 143 Blackbird Turdus merula 144 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 145 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 146 Robin Erithacus rubecula 147 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 148 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/01/2024 Studland - South Beach 149 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 150 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 151 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 152 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 153 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 154 Dunnock Prunella modularis 155 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 156 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 157 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 158 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 159 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 160 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 161 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 162 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 163 Linnet Linaria cannabina 164 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 165 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 166 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 167 Siskin Spinus spinus 168 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 170 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 171 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus