The previous Blog Post covered a showy Snow Bunting at Durlston. Surprisingly, within a week & a half, another local Snow Bunting was found. This time it was on Redhorn Quay, which is the sandy peninsula which separates the inner & outer parts of Brands Bay.
Incredibly, this Snow Bunting was joined by a second individual on 5 Nov. Both remained on Redhorn Quay until 9 Nov, with a single individual which was last seen on 10 Nov.
Snow Buntings remain a scarce species on the Studland patch with the following records:
- 1935 - One at Shell Bay & Studland Beach on 29 Sep 1935
- 1948 - One at Studland Beach on 20 Oct 1948
- 1952 - One at South Haven from 16 to 20 Jan 1952
- 1957 - up to four at Shell Bay & Studland Beach from 3 Oct to 17 Dec 1957
- 1958 - One at Studland Beach on 25 Jan 1958
- 1961/62 - Two to three at Studland Beach from 17 Dec 1961 to 3 Feb 1962
- 1963 - Four at Studland Beach on 3 Feb 1963
- 1968/69 - Up to five at Shell Bay & Studland beach from 13 Oct 1968 to 18 Mar 1969
- 1970/71 - Up to three at Shell Bay & Studland Beach from 21 Nov 1970 to 14 Mar 1971
- 1973/74 - Up to four at Shell Bay & Studland Beach from 25 Nov 1973 to 10 Mar 1974
- 1975 - Three at Shell Bay on 16 Nov, with two on 14 Dec 1975
- 1976 - One at Shell Bay & Studland Beach on 17 Oct 1976
- 1977 - One at Pilot's Point on 16 Jan, one at Shell Bay & Studland Beach on 17 Oct and one at Pilot's Point on 13 Nov 1977
- 1981/82 - Up to twelve at Shell Bay & Studland Beach from 28 Dec 1981 to 28 Feb 1982
- 1984 - Two at Pilot's Point from 19 Nov to 22 Nov 1984
- 1990 - One at Pilot's Point from 3 Nov to 11 Nov and on 2 Dec 1990
- 1991/92 - Up to four at Shell Bay & Studland Beach from 7 Nov 1991 to 19 Feb 1992
- 1994 - Two at Shell Bay & Studland Beach on 9 Nov, with one on 10 Nov 1994
- 1995 - One at Redhorn Quay on 4 Nov and one at Pilot's Point on 18 Nov 1995
- 2001 - One at Redhorn Quay from 19 Nov to 20 Nov 2001
- 2005 - One at Brands Bay on 23 Oct 2005
- 2009 - One at Studland Beach on 24 Oct 2009
- 2017 - One over Studland Beach on 1 Feb, one at Old Harry on 17 Feb, with one at Pilot's Point from 4 Mar to 10 Mar 2017
- 2021 - One at Redhorn Quay from 1 Nov to 4 Nov, with two from 5 Nov to 9 Nov and one on 10 Nov 2021
- 2022 - One at Shell Bay from 10 Nov 2022 to 15 Nov 2022.