Steve Smith: South Purbeck Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 99 of 99 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/04/2024 Peveril Point 3 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 4 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/04/2024 Peveril Point 5 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 6 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 7 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 8 Swift Apus apus 9 Stock Dove Columba oenas 10 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 11 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 12 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 13 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14/04/2024 St Aldhelms 16 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/05/2024 Peveril Point 17 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 20 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21 Common Gull Larus canus 22 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 23 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 24 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 25 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/04/2024 Peveril Point 26 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 04/05/2024 Peveril Point 27 Puffin Fratercula arctica 28 Razorbill Alca torda 29 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 30 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 31 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/03/2024 Peveril Point 32 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 33 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 34 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/04/2024 Peveril Point 35 Gannet Morus bassanus 36 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 37 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 38 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 39 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 40 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 14/04/2024 St Aldhelms 41 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/03/2024 St Aldhelms 42 Buzzard Buteo buteo 43 Barn Owl Tyto alba 44 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 45 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 46 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 47 Jay Garrulus glandarius 48 Magpie Pica pica 49 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 50 Rook Corvus frugilegus 51 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 52 Raven Corvus corax 53 Coal Tit Periparus ater 54 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 55 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 56 Great Tit Parus major 57 Skylark Alauda arvensis 58 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 59 Swallow Hirundo rustica 60 House Martin Delichon urbicum 61 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 62 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 63 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 64 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 65 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 66 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 67 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 68 Whitethroat Curruca communis 69 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 70 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 71 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 72 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 73 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 74 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 75 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 76 Redwing Turdus iliacus 77 Blackbird Turdus merula 78 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 79 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 80 Robin Erithacus rubecula 81 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 82 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/04/2024 St Aldhelms 83 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 84 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 85 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 86 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 87 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 88 Dunnock Prunella modularis 89 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 90 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 91 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 92 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 93 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 94 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 95 Linnet Linaria cannabina 96 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 97 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 98 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 99 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus ********** **********