Purbeck Birds: South Purbeck Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 142 of 142 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 8 Teal Anas crecca 9 Eider Somateria mollissima 10 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 13 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 14 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 15 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16 Swift Apus apus 17 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 21 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 24 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 25 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 26 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 27 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 28 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29 Curlew Numenius arquata 30 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 31 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 32 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 33 Redshank Tringa totanus 34 Sanderling Calidris alba 35 Dunlin Calidris alpina 36 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 37 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 38 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 39 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 40 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 41 Common Gull Larus canus 42 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 43 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 44 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 45 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 46 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 47 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 48 Puffin Fratercula arctica 49 Razorbill Alca torda 50 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 51 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 52 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 53 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 54 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 55 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 56 Gannet Morus bassanus 57 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 58 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 59 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 60 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 61 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 62 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 63 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 64 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 65 Red Kite Milvus milvus 66 Buzzard Buteo buteo 67 Barn Owl Tyto alba 68 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 69 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 70 Hoopoe Upupa epops 71 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 72 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 73 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 74 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 75 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 76 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 77 Jay Garrulus glandarius 78 Magpie Pica pica 79 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 80 Rook Corvus frugilegus 81 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 82 Raven Corvus corax 83 Coal Tit Periparus ater 84 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 85 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 86 Great Tit Parus major 87 Skylark Alauda arvensis 88 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 89 Swallow Hirundo rustica 90 House Martin Delichon urbicum 91 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 92 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 93 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 94 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 95 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 96 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 97 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 98 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 99 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 100 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 101 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 102 Whitethroat Curruca communis 103 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 104 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 105 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 106 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 107 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 108 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 109 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 110 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 111 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 112 Redwing Turdus iliacus 113 Blackbird Turdus merula 114 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 115 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 116 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 117 Robin Erithacus rubecula 118 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 119 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 120 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 121 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 122 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 123 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 124 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 125 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 126 Dunnock Prunella modularis 127 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 128 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 129 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 130 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 131 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 132 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 133 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 134 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 135 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 137 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 140 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 141 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 142 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus