2020 - Port & Wey Bird Species

Birds I have recorded on the Isle of Portland and Weymouth area since 1 Jan 20

*Birds first seen in bold Red with dates
(Species of real interest in Pink)

Totals including Species Sub-species and Races, as of 18 Oct 20:- 140

Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver - Portland Harbour - 20 Jan
Great Northern Diver - Portland Marina - 6 Jan
Great Crested Grebe - Small Mouth - 5 Jan
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe - Portland Harbour - 20 Jan
Little Grebe - Radipole Reserve - 15 Jan
Fulmar - Church Ope Cove - 4 Jan
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Storm Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Gannet - Shambles Sandbank - 2 Jan
Cormorant - Church Ope Cove - 3 Jan
Shag - Portland Marina - 3 Jan
Bittern
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Little Egret - Ferrybridge - 4 Jan
Grey Heron - Radipole Reserve - 15 Jan
Spoonbill - Lodmoor - 5 Feb
White Stork
Mute Swan - Radipole - 5 Jan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Greylag Goose
White-fronted Goose
Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Ferrybridge - 4 Jan
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose - Radipole - 5 Jan
Shelduck - Radipole - 6 Jan
Ruddy Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin
Mallard - Radipole - 5 Jan
Gadwall - Radipole - 6 Jan
Garganey - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 19 Jan
Wigeon
Teal - Radipole - 6 Jan
Pintail
Shoveler - Radipole - 6 Jan
Red-crested Pochard
Tufted Duck - Radipole - 5 Jan
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup - Lodmoor - 28 Jan
Pochard - Radipole - 15 Jan
Common Eider - Portland Harbour - 20 Jan
Ferruginous Duck
Common Scoter - Portland Bill - 18 Feb
Goldeneye
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser - Portland Marina - 3 Jan
Smew
Osprey
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk - Crown Estate Fields - 12 Jan
Goshawk
Buzzard - Crown Estate Fields - 12 Jan
Honey Buzzard - Portland Marina - 20 May
Marsh Harrier - Radipole - 6 Jan
Hen Harrier
Peregrine Falcon - The Slopes - 18 Jan
Hobby - Wakeham - 7 May
Merlin - Portland Harbour - 10 Sep 20
Kestrel - Bumpers Lane - 2 Jan
Red-footed Falcon
Pheasant - Crown Estate Fields - 3 Jan
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge
Quail
Water Rail - Radipole - 6 Jan
Moorhen - Radipole - 5 Jan
Coot - Radipole - 5 Jan
Common Crane
Oystercatcher - Church Ope Cove - 4 Jan
Avocet - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 19 Jan
Ringed Plover - Ferrybridge - 13 May
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover - Ferrybridge - 2 Oct
Golden Plover - Wakeham - 19 Sep
Grey Plover - Ferrybridge - 25 Sep
Lapwing - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 19 Jan
Dunlin - Ferrybridge - 6 Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Red Knot
Sanderling
Little Stint - Ferrybridge - 25 Sep
Least Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper - The Bill - 12 Jan
Ruff
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Snipe - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 19 Jan
Jack Snipe
Woodcock
Bar-tailed Godwit  - Ferrybridge - 2 Oct
Black-tailed Godwit Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 15 May
Curlew
Whimbrel - Wakeham - 26 Apr
Spotted Redshank
Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 24 Aug
Common Sandpiper - Church Ope Cove - 22 Mar
Stilt Sandpiper
Turnstone - Portland Harbour - 20 Jan
Grey Phalarope - Chesil Cove - 8 Oct
Great Skua
Arctic Skua
Pomarine Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Black-headed Gull - Church Ope Cove - 3 Jan
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull - Ferrybridge - 4 Jan
Franklin's Gull
Herring Gull - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull - The Races - 9 Jan
Great Black-backed Gull - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Common Gull - Radipole - 6 Jan
Kittiwake - The Races - 25 Jan
Ross's Gull
Little Tern - Ferrybridge - 13 May
Arctic Tern
Common Tern - Ferrybridge - 13 May
Sandwich Tern - Lodmoor - 24 Aug 20
Black Tern
Razorbill - The Races - 9 Jan
Guillemot - The Races - 9 Jan
Guillemot (Bridled)
Stock Dove - Top Fields - 7 Feb
Wood Pigeon - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Collared Dove - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cuckoo - Penns Wood - 28 Apr
Little Owl - Bumpers Lane - 24 Jan
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Tawny Owl - Wakeham - 24 Jan
Barn Owl - Wakeham - 6 Feb
Swift - Wakeham - 23 Apr
Pallid Swift
Kingfisher
Hoopoe
Bee-eater - East Weares - 14 Jun
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Penns Wood - 5 Jan
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Wryneck
Skylark - Portland Bird Observatory - 9 Jan
Woodlark
Sand Martin - Wakeham - 18 Apr
House Martin - Wakeham - 19 Apr
Swallow - Wakeham - 7 Apr
Tree Pipit - Wakeham - 15 Apr
Meadow Pipit - Lower Horse Paddock - 2 Jan
Rock Pipit - Church Ope Cove - 2 Jan
Pied Wagtail - Lower Horse Paddock - 2 Jan
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail - Church Ope Cove - 3 Jan
Yellow Wagtail - Wakeham - 30 Mar
Great Grey Shrike - Culverwell - 18 Oct
Waxwing
Dunnock - Penns Wood - 2 Jan
Nightingale
Robin - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Bluethroat
Stonechat - Radipole - 6 Jan
Whinchat - Barleycrates Lane - 26 Apr
Common Redstart - Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve - 12 Apr
Black Redstart - QinetiQ - 9 Jan
Wheatear - Horse Fields (Culverwell) - 15 Mar
Greenland Wheatear
Blackbird - Wakeham Railway Cutting - 2 Jan
Ring Ouzel - Southwell - 18 Oct
Fieldfare - Broadcroft Quarry Lane - 23 Mar
Redwing - Broadcroft Quarry Lane - 23 Mar
Song Thrush - Lower Horse Paddock - 2 Jan
Mistle Thrush
Grasshopper Warbler - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 15 May
Reed Warbler Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 15 May
Sedge Warbler Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 15 May
Cetti's Warbler - Radipole - 6 Jan
Garden Warbler - Wakeham - 19 Apr
Common Whitethroat - The Cuttings - 24 Apr
Lesser Whitethroat - Penn's Weare - 16 Apr
Blackcap - Portland Bird Observatory - 3 Jan
Dartford Warbler - Portland Bird Observatory - 18 Oct
Subalpine Warbler
Wood Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Siberian Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff - Church Ope Cove - 3 Jan
Willow Warbler - Wakeham - 26 Mar
Radde's Warbler
Pallas's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler - Penn's Copse - 9 Oct
Goldcrest - Penns Wood - 2 Jan
Firecrest - Church Ope Cove - 4 Jan
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher - Penns Wood - 28 Apr
Pied Flycatcher - Reap Lane Barns - 16 Aug
Bearded Tit - Radipole - 6 Jan
Long-tailed Tit - Penns Wood - 2 Jan
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Continental Coal Tit
Great Tit - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Blue Tit - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Wren - Wakeham Wood - 2 Jan
Dipper
Jay
Magpie - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Rook - Weymouth
Carrion Crow - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Jackdaw - Wakeham Wood - 2 Jan
Raven - Penns Wood - 2 Jan
Golden Oriole
Starling - Crown Estate Fields - 3 Jan
Rosy Starling - Weston - 22 Jun
House Sparrow - Lower Horse Paddocks - 4 Jan
Tree Sparrow
Brambling
Chaffinch - Wakeham Wood - 2 Jan
Lesser Redpoll - Lower Horse Paddock - 4 Sep
Common Redpoll
Linnet - Crown Estate Fields - 12 Jan
Siskin - Penn's Weare - 24 Apr
Goldfinch - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Greenfinch - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 19 Jan
Serin
Bullfinch - Radipole - 6 Jan
Hawfinch
Crossbill - Wakeham - 17 Oct
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting - Radipole - 6 Jan
Little Bunting

Also

Escapees, Ferals, Hybrids, Possibles Etc.

Feral Pigeon - Wakeham Wood - 2 Jan
Aylesbury Ducks - Radipole - 6 Jan
Black Swan - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 19 Jan