Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve Nature Reserve in Dorset

Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve is a nature reserve in Dorset that is managed by Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve

There have been 70 species of birds recorded in the Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve area.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve

There have been 5 species of mammals recorded in the Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve area.

Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)