2025 - Port & Wey Bird Species

 Birds I have recorded in Portland and Weymouth since 1 Jan 25

*Birds first seen in bold Red with dates

(Species of real interest in Pink)

Totals including Species Sub-species and Races, as of 3 Feb 25:- 89

Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver - Portland Harbour - 3 Jan
Great Crested Grebe - Ferrybridge - 16 Jan
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe - Portland Harbour - 16 Jan
Little Grebe - Portland Harbour - 3 Jan
Fulmar - West Cliffs - 31 Jan
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Storm Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Gannet - Portland Bill - 11 Jan
Cormorant - Portland Harbour - 3 Jan
Shag - Portland Harbour - 3 Jan
Bittern
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Little Egret - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Grey Heron - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Spoonbill
White Stork
Mute Swan - Swannery Lake - 9 Jan

Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Greylag Goose
White-fronted Goose
Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Ferrybridge - 9 Jan
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose - Swannery Lake - 9 Jan
Shelduck - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Ruddy Shelduck
Egyptian Goose - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 16 Jan
Mandarin
Mallard - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Gadwall - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Garganey
Wigeon - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 16 Jan
Teal - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Pintail
Shoveler - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Red-crested Pochard
Tufted Duck - Swannery Lake - 9 Jan
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Pochard - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Common Eider
Ferruginous Duck
Common Scoter - Portland Harbour - 17 Jan
Goldeneye
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser - Portland Harbour - 16 Jan
Smew
Osprey
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk - Radipole lake - 3 Feb

Goshawk
Buzzard - Portland Beach Road - 16 Jan
Honey Buzzard
Marsh Harrier - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 16 Jan
Hen Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Hobby
Merlin
Kestrel - Wakeham Meadow - 7 Jan
Red-footed Falcon
Pheasant
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge
Quail
Water Rail - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Moorhen - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Coot - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Common Crane
Oystercatcher - Portland Bill - 11 Jan
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 16 Jan
Ringed Plover - Ferrybridge - 17 Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Golden Plover - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
American Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Dunlin - Ferrybridge - 10 Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Knot
Sanderling
Little Stint
Least Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper - Portland Bill - 11 Jan
Ruff
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Snipe - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Jack Snipe
Woodcock
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Curlew - Ferrybridge - 16 Jan
Whimbrel
Spotted Redshank
Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Turnstone - Ferrybridge - 17 Jan
Grey Phalarope
Arctic Skua
Pomarine Skua
Great Skua
Bonaparte's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-headed Gull - Portland Harbour - 3 Jan
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull - Ferrybridge - 9 Jan
Franklin's Gull
Herring Gull - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Great Black-backed Gull - Portland Harbour - 3 Jan
Common Gull - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Kittiwake
Ross's Gull
Little Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Tern
Razorbill - Portland Bill - 11 Jan
Guillemot - Portland Bill - 11 Jan
Stock Dove - Lower Horse Paddock - 7 Jan
Wood Pigeon - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Collared Dove - Wakeham - 13 Jan
Turtle Dove
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cuckoo
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Swift
Pallid Swift
Kingfisher - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 16 Jan
Hoopoe
European Bee-eater
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Wryneck
Skylark - Ferrybridge - 17 Jan
Woodlark
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit - Ferrybridge - 17 Jan
Rock Pipit - Portland Bill - 11 Jan
White Wagtail
Pied Wagtail - Portland Castle - 3 Jan
Grey Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Blue-headed Wagtail
Grey-headed Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Waxwing
Dunnock - Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve - 7 Jan
Nightingale
Robin - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Bluethroat
Stonechat - Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve - 7 Jan
Whinchat
Common Redstart

Black Redstart - Church Ope Cove - 13 Jan
Wheatear
Greenland Wheatear
Blackbird - Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve - 7 Jan
Ring Ouzel
Fieldfare
Redwing - Crown Estate Fields - 22 Jan
Song Thrush - Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve - 7 Jan
Mistle Thrush
Grasshopper Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Cetti's Warbler - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Garden Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Blackcap
Dartford Warbler
Subalpine Warbler
Bonelli's Warbler
Wood Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Siberian Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Willow Warbler
Northern Willow Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Pallas's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Goldcrest - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Firecrest
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Bearded Tit - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Long-tailed Tit - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Continental Coal Tit
Great Tit - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 10 Jan
Blue Tit - Weymouth Hospital - 9 Jan
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Wren - Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve - 7 Jan
Great Grey Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Dipper
Jay - Wyke Regis - 9 Jan
Magpie - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Rook - Camp Road - 16 Jan
Carrion Crow - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Hooded Crow
Jackdaw - Lower Horse Paddock - 7 Jan
Chough
Raven - Portland Heli-Ops - 3 Jan
Golden Oriole
Starling - Lower Horse Paddock - 7 Jan
Rosy Starling
House Sparrow - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Tree Sparrow
Brambling
Chaffinch - Wakeham - 3 Jan
Redpoll
Linnet - Crown Estate Fields - 1 Feb 25
Siskin
Goldfinch - Wakeham - 2 Jan
Greenfinch - Wakeham - 6 Jan

Serin
Bullfinch - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Hawfinch
Crossbill
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting - Camp Road - 16 Jan
Ortolan Bunting
Lapland Bunting
Reed Bunting - RSPB Radipole lake - 15 Jan
Snow Bunting
Little Bunting

Sub Species

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Races

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Also

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral Pigeon - Easton - 9 Jan

Firecrest/Goldcrest - The Bill 1 Feb 25