Steve Smith: Dorset Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 357 of 357 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 05/11/2006 East Fleet 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 03/12/2011 Longham Lakes 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/12/1992 Hatch Pond 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 07/03/2010 Moonfleet 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 46 Quail Coturnix coturnix 47 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 48 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 49 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 50 Swift Apus apus 51 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 24/10/2013 Stanpit 52 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/1988 Burton, Christchurch 53 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 13/05/2016 Reap Lane, Portland 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 55 Stock Dove Columba oenas 56 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 57 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 58 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 59 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 60 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Crane Grus grus 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 28/01/1980 Radipole 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 71 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 20/05/2011 Radipole 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 76 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/1990 Stanpit 77 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 25/11/2023 Lodmoor 78 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 79 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 80 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 81 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 82 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 83 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 84 Curlew Numenius arquata 85 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 86 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 87 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/11/2000 Middlebere 88 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 05/09/2012 Lodmoor 89 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 90 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 91 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 92 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 06/09/2007 Stanpit 93 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 94 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 95 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 19/07/1986 Stanpit 96 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 97 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 19/11/2011 Lyme Regis 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 10/04/2000 Stanpit 100 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 101 Redshank Tringa totanus 102 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/02/1981 Lodmoor 103 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 104 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 105 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 106 Knot Calidris canutus 107 Ruff Calidris pugnax 108 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 24/07/2011 Lodmoor 109 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 110 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 17/09/2015 White Nothe 112 Sanderling Calidris alba 113 Dunlin Calidris alpina 114 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 115 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 02/09/2017 Brownsea 116 Little Stint Calidris minuta 117 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 11/09/2017 Lodmoor 118 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 119 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 120 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 30/09/2004 Brownsea 121 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 13/09/2002 Ferrybridge 122 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 123 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 30/06/2010 Abbotsbury 124 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 11/06/2013 West Bexington 125 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 05/05/2008 Radipole 126 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 127 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 128 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 24/04/2023 Lytchett Bay 129 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 130 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 131 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 132 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 133 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 20/06/2018 Portland harbour 134 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 135 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 13/02/2023 Dorchester Water Meadows 136 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 137 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 26/01/1980 Chesil Cove 138 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 139 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 04/04/1981 Radipole 140 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 141 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 05/11/2005 Radipole 142 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 26/02/2000 Weymouth Bay 143 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 144 Common Gull Larus canus 145 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 146 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 09/09/2018 Lodmoor 147 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 148 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 149 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 150 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 151 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 152 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 153 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 13/10/2023 Durlston 154 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 155 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 156 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 157 Puffin Fratercula arctica 158 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 159 Razorbill Alca torda 160 Little Auk Alle alle 161 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 162 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 163 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 164 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 165 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 166 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 167 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 168 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 13/10/2023 Durlston 169 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 24/01/2021 St Aldhelms 170 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 21/07/2017 Preston beach 171 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 172 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 Portland Bill 173 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 174 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 08/08/2015 Slepe Heath & Middlebere 175 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 176 Gannet Morus bassanus 177 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 178 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 179 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 12/08/2010 Stanpit 180 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 181 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 182 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 27/08/1981 Radipole 183 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 184 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 185 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 07/06/2007 Radipole 186 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 187 Great White Egret Ardea alba 188 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 189 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 190 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 191 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 192 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 31/05/2014 Morden Bog 193 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 194 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 195 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 196 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 197 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 18/10/2023 Wyke Down 198 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 199 Red Kite Milvus milvus 200 Black Kite Milvus migrans 28/04/2022 Langton Matravers 201 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 09/05/2021 St Aldhelms - NOT an IoW released bird 202 Buzzard Buteo buteo 203 Barn Owl Tyto alba 204 Little Owl Athene noctua 205 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 206 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 207 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 208 Hoopoe Upupa epops 209 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 210 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 211 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 212 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 213 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 214 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 215 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 216 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 217 Merlin Falco columbarius 218 Hobby Falco subbuteo 219 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 220 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 221 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 222 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 223 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 02/08/2008 Corfe River Meadows 224 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 225 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 15/09/1985 Portland Bill Also Portland Bill (23 Oct 2012) 226 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 227 Jay Garrulus glandarius 228 Magpie Pica pica 229 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 230 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 231 Rook Corvus frugilegus 232 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 233 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/06/2014 Portland Bill 234 Raven Corvus corax 235 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 236 Coal Tit Periparus ater 237 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 238 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 239 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 240 Great Tit Parus major 241 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 22/01/1998 Lytchett Bay 242 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 243 Woodlark Lullula arborea 244 Skylark Alauda arvensis 245 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 246 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 247 Swallow Hirundo rustica 248 House Martin Delichon urbicum 249 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 250 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 30/09/2000 The Verne 251 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 252 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 253 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 254 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 16/08/2014 Portland Bill 255 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 01/05/2009 Avalanche Road, Portland 256 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 06/11/1999 Avalanche Road, Portland 257 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 258 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 259 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 260 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 261 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 262 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 263 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 29/04/1999 The Verne 264 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2017 St Aldhelms 265 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 266 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 06/09/1984 Portland Bill 267 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 22/05/2012 Radipole 268 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 269 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 270 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 271 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 272 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 31/08/2003 Portland Bill 273 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 274 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 275 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 05/05/1980 Radipole 276 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 277 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 15/05/2000 Portland Bill 278 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 279 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 280 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 281 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 282 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 13/05/1981 Portland Bill My notes makes me think this was a Western, awaiting formal review of Subalpine W records. Also 15 Apr 24 - Portland Bill 283 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 12/05/2023 Portland Bill 284 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 23/05/1987 The Verne 285 Whitethroat Curruca communis 286 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 08/05/2017 Portland Bill 287 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 288 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 289 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 290 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 291 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 292 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 293 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 294 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 295 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 296 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 297 Redwing Turdus iliacus 298 Blackbird Turdus merula 299 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 300 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 301 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 302 Robin Erithacus rubecula 303 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 18/05/2008 Portland Bill 304 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 305 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 306 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 19/10/1997 Osmington Mills 307 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 05/10/2013 Camp Road, Weymouth 308 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 309 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 29/04/2009 Southwell, Portland 310 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 31/10/1993 Winspit 311 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 312 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 313 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 314 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 26/10/2012 Portland Bill 315 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 316 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 317 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 28/05/1985 Portland Quarries 318 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 319 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 320 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 321 Dunnock Prunella modularis 322 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 323 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 15/09/2022 Lodmoor 324 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 325 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 326 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 327 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 328 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 329 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 330 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 331 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 332 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 333 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 334 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 335 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 336 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 337 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 338 Linnet Linaria cannabina 339 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 340 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 341 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 342 Serin Serinus serinus 343 Siskin Spinus spinus 344 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 345 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 346 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 347 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 348 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 349 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 350 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 08/12/2018 Fortuneswell 351 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 352 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 353 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 03/12/1989 Portland 354 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 11/04/1982 Portland Bill 355 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 15/10/1996 Portland Bill 356 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 30/09/1985 Hengistbury Head 357 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 21/08/2017 Portland Bill