Port and Wey Bird Species

Birds I have recorded on the Isle of Portland and Weymouth area since 30 May 17

Totals including Species Sub-species and Races, as of 25 Nov 23 - 230

New Species seen in the following years

Red - Species seen in 2017 - 149
Blue - Species seen in 2018 - 44
Green - Species seen in 2019 - 13
Mauve - Species seen in 2020 - 3
Purple- Species seen in 2021 - 9
Orange - Species seen in 2022 - 9
Light Green - Species seen in 2023 - 3

Species
Red-throated Diver - The Bill - 2 Apr 18
Black-throated Diver - 3 Dec 17 (Portland Harbour)
Great Northern Diver - 19 Nov 17 (Portland Harbour)
Great Crested Grebe - 12 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Slavonian Grebe - 21 Mar (Ferrybridge)
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Dec 17 (Portland Harbour)
Little Grebe - 30 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Fulmar - 9 Jun 17 (Grove Cliff)
Sooty Shearwater - 12 Jun 17 (Portland)
Manx Shearwater - 12 Jun 17 (Portland)
Balearic Shearwater - 28 Jul 17 (The Bill)
Storm Petrel - 28 Jul 17 (The Bill)
Leach's Petrel - 21 Oct 17 (Chesil Cove)
Gannet - 12 Jun 17 (Portland)
Cormorant - 8 Jun 17 (Weymouth Harbour)
Shag - 5 Jul 17 (Portland)
Bittern - 27 Feb 18 (Radipole)
Cattle Egret - 6 Sep 22 (Radipole)
Great White Egret  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Little Egret- 12 Jun 17 (Portland Harbour)
Grey Heron - 4 Aug 17 (Radipole)
Spoonbill - 9 Jan 18 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
White Stork
Mute Swan - 1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Bewick's Swan
Greylag Goose  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
White-fronted Goose
Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 10 Oct 17 (Ferrybridge)
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 10 Oct 17 (Ferrybridge)
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose -  5 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Shelduck  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Ruddy Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin
Mallard - 1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Gadwall - 30 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Garganey - 29 Mar (Radipole)
Wigeon - 29 Mar (Radipole)
Teal  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Pintail - 23 Mar 22 (Radipole)
Shoveler - 10 Jan 18 (Radipole)
Red-crested Pochard
Tufted Duck - 1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Ring-necked Duck - 18 Nov 18 (Radipole)
Greater Scaup - 17 Nov 18 (Radipole)
Pochard - 4 Aug 17 (Radipole)
Common Eider - 4 Feb 19 (Newton's Cove)
Ferruginous Duck
Common Scoter - 3 Aug 17 (Portland Bill)
Goldeneye - 12 Jan 22 (Radipole)
Goosander - 27 Nov 17 (Portland Harbour)
Red-breasted Merganser - 3 Nov 17 (Portland Harbour)
Smew
Osprey - 7 Apr 21 (Wakeham)
Red Kite - 28 Mar 18 (Wakeham)
Sparrowhawk - 9 Jun 17 (Grove Cliff)
Goshawk
Buzzard - 2 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Honey Buzzard - 20 May 20 (Portland Marina)
Marsh Harrier - 10 Jan 18 (Radipole)
Hen Harrier - 25 Oct 21 (Crown Estate Fields)
Peregrine Falcon - 2 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Hobby - 17 Sep 17 (Bumpers Lane)
Merlin - 21 Oct 17 (Chesil Beach)
Kestrel - 2 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Red-footed Falcon
Pheasant - 26 Aug 17 (Wakeham)
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge - 12 Jan 18 (Crown Estate Fields)
Quail
Water Rail - 25 Oct 17 (Wakeham)
Moorhen  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Coot - 14 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Common Crane
Oystercatcher - 6 Jun 17 (The Fleet)
Black-winged Stilt - 28 Apr 23 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Avocet - 22 Feb 18 (Lodmoor)
Ringed Plover - 22 Jun 17 (The Fleet)
Little Ringed Plover  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Kentish Plover - 28 Apr 19 (Ferrybridge)
Golden Plover - 19 Mar (Ferrybridge)
American Golden Plover  - 25 Nov 23 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Grey Plover - 19 Mar (The Bill)
Lapwing  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Dunlin - 15 Jun 17 (The Fleet)
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Sep 22 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Red Knot - 17 Mar 18 (Ferrybridge)
Sanderling - 3 Aug 17 (The Fleet)
Little Stint - 29 Sep 17 (Ferrybridge)
Least Sandpiper - 12 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Purple Sandpiper - 12 Nov 17 (The Bill)
Ruff - 30 Sep 18 (Lodmoor)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 13 Sep 17 (Southwell)
Snipe - 13 Nov 17 (Broadcroft Quarry Lane Pools)
Jack Snipe
Woodcock - 17 Nov 18 (The Bill)
Bar-tailed Godwit - 13 Sep 17 (The Fleet)
Black-tailed Godwit  - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Curlew - 4 Aug 17 (The Fleet)
Whimbrel - 20 Aug 17 (Southwell)
Spotted Redshank
Redshank - 12 Aug 17 (Southwell)
Lesser Yellowlegs - 30 Sep 18 (Lodmoor)
Greenshank - 30 Sep 18 (Lodmoor)
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper - 12 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Common Sandpiper - 8 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Stilt Sandpiper - 12 Sep 17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Turnstone - 3 Aug 17 (The Fleet)
Grey Phalarope - 15 Sep 17 (Chesil Cove)
Arctic Skua - 28 Jul 17 (The Bill)
Pomarine Skua - 18 May 19 (The Bill)
Great Skua - 7 Oct 17 (The Bill)
Sabine's Gull - 14 Nov 22 (Chesil Cove)
Bonaparte's Gull - 25 May 21 (Lodmoor)
Black-headed Gull - 1 Jun 17 (Fleet)
Little Gull - 5 Mar 18 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Mediterranean Gull - 19 Jun 17 (Weymouth Bay)
Franklin's Gull - 14 Nov 18 (Weymouth Bay)
Herring Gull -  30 May 17 (Wakeham)
Yellow-legged Gull - 9 Jan 21 (Church Ope Cove)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Jun 17 (Fleet)
Great Black-backed Gull -  5 Jun 17 (Fleet)
Common Gull - 1 Jun 17 (Fleet)
Kittiwake - 3 Aug 17 (Portland Bill)
Ross's Gull - 22 Feb 18 (Weymouth Bay)
Little Tern - 12 Jun 17 (Portland Harbour)
Arctic Tern
Common Tern - 14 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Sandwich Tern - 19 Jun 17 (Weymouth Bay)
Black Tern
Guillemot - 5 Jul 17 (Portland)
Stock Dove -  27 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Wood Pigeon -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Collared Dove -  30 May 17 (Wakeham)
Turtle Dove - 21 May 19 (Avalanche Road)
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cuckoo - 18 May 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)
Little Owl - 19 Nov 17 (Bumpers Lane)
Short-eared Owl - 14 Jan 18 (Portland)
Long-eared Owl
Tawny Owl - 30 Oct 18 (Wakeham)
Barn Owl - 16 Oct 17 (Bumpers Lane Quarry)
Swift -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Pallid Swift - 15 Nov 18 (Chesil Cove)
Kingfisher  - 8 Sep  17 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Hoopoe - 4 Sep 17 (Portland Bird Observatory)
European Bee-eater - 20 May 19 (The Windmills, Easton)
Green Woodpecker - 7 Aug 17 (Lodmoor)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 18 Oct 17 (Wakeham)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Wryneck 6 Sep 17 (Portland Bird Observatory)
Skylark - 8 Jun 17 (The Fleet)
Woodlark - 5 Nov 18 (Broadcroft Quarry Lane)
Sand Martin - 6 Jul 17 (Wakeham)
House Martin - 2 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Swallow -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Tree Pipit - 26 Aug 17 (Wakeham)
Meadow Pipit - 6 Jun 17 (The Fleet)
Rock Pipit - 2 Jul 17 (SW Coast path)
White Wagtail - 4 Sep 22 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Grey Wagtail - 29 Aug 17 (Wakeham)
Yellow Wagtail - 20 Aug 17 (Southwell)
Blue-headed Wagtail - 16 Sep 17 (Lodmoor Reserve)
Grey-headed Wagtail - 1 Jun 23 (Reap Lane Barns)
Citrine Wagtail - 16 Sep 17 (Lodmoor Reserve)
Waxwing
Dunnock - 1 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Nightingale - 14 Sep 17 (Obs Quarry)
Robin -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Bluethroat (red-spot) - 14 May (Lodmoor)
Stonechat - 3 Aug 17 (Portland Bill)
Whinchat - 3 Aug 17 (Portland Bill)
Common Redstart - 4 Sep 17 (Portland Bird Observatory)
Black Redstart - 19 Oct 17 (Hut Fields, Portland)
Wheatear - 11 Aug 17 (Chesil Beach)
Greenland Wheatear (Saxicola Oenanthe Leucorrhoa) -  5 May 18 (The Bill)
Blackbird -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Ring Ouzel - 16 Sep 17 (Southwell)
Fieldfare - 29 Oct 17 (Wakeham)
Redwing - 19 Oct 17 (Wakeham)
Song Thrush -  1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Mistle Thrush - 12 Apr 18 (Portland)
Grasshopper Warbler - 17 Apr 19 (King Barrow Quarries)
Savi's Warbler 22 Apr 19 (Radipole)
Reed Warbler - 14 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Great Reed Warbler - 18 Sep 19 (Obs Quarry)
Marsh Warbler - 23 Jun 19 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Sedge Warbler - 30 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Cetti's Warbler - 1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Garden Warbler - 23 Aug 17 (Bumpers Lane Quarry)
Common Whitethroat - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)
Lesser Whitethroat - 12 Aug 17 (Southwell)
Blackcap - 1 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Dartford Warbler - 28 Mar 18 (The Bill)
Subalpine Warbler - 8 Jun 18 (Obs Quarry)
Bonelli's Warbler
Wood Warbler - 22 Apr 18 (Top Field)
Greenish Warbler - 24 Sep 17 (Portland Bird Observatory)
Siberian Chiffchaff - 21 Nov 17 (St Andrew Church Grounds)
Chiffchaff -  30 May 17 (Wakeham)
Willow Warbler - 25 Jul 17 (Bumpers Lane)
Northern Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus acredula) - 24 Oct 19 (Thumb Lane)
Radde's Warbler - 25 Oct 17 (Quarry Lane)
Pallas's Warbler - 18 Nov 17 (Broadcroft Quarry Lane)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 27 Sep 17 (Pennsylvania Castle)
Goldcrest - 19 Jun 17 (Nothe Fort)
Firecrest - 30 Sep 17 (Penn's Weare)
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 16 Oct 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)
Spotted Flycatcher -  1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Pied Flycatcher - 15 Apr (Portland Bird Observatory)
Bearded Tit  - 30 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Long-tailed Tit - 29 Sep 17 (Penn's Weare)
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit - 27 May 18 (Wyke Regis)
Continental Coal Tit - 18 Apr 18 (Portland Bird Observatory)
Great Tit -  1 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Blue Tit -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Nuthatch
Treecreeper - 30 Oct 21 (Penns Wood)
Wren -  30 May 17 (Wakeham)
Great Grey Shrike - 18 Oct 20 (Culverwell)
Red-backed Shrike - 30 May 21 (Culverwell)
Woodchat Shrike - 30 May 21 (Top Fields)
Dipper
Jay - 4 Feb 19 (Bincleaves)
Magpie - 2 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Rook - 14 Jun 17 (The Fleet)
Carrion Crow -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Hooded Crow - 28 Apr 19 (The Bill)
Jackdaw -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Chough - 11 May 21 (Portland Bird Observatory)
Raven -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Golden Oriole - 29 Apr 18 (Top Fields)
Starling - 5 Jun 17 (Wyke Regis)
Rosy Starling - 28 May 18 (The Slopes)
House Sparrow -  30 May 17 (Wakeham)
Tree Sparrow - 16 May 18 (Hut Fields)
Brambling - 25 Mar 18 (Culverwell)
Chaffinch -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Lesser Redpoll, Acanthis cabaret - 16 Oct 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)
Common Redpoll, Acanthis flammea
Linnet -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Siskin - 25 Sep 17 (Bumpers Lane)
Goldfinch -  30 May 17 (Wakeham)
Greenfinch -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)
Serin - 8 Aug 17 (Wakeham)
Bullfinch - 29 Oct 17 (Wakeham)
Hawfinch - 15 Apr (Portland Bird Observatory)
Crossbill - 17 Oct 20 (Wakeham)
Corn Bunting - 4 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting - 21 Dec 22 (Reap Lane)
Ortolan Bunting - 4 Sep 18 (Fancy Farm)
Lapland Bunting - 11 Sep 19 (The Bill)
Reed Bunting - 9 Jun 17 (Radipole)
Snow Bunting - 30 Oct 21 (Wakeham)
Little Bunting - 8 Dec 18 (Chiswell)

Sub Species
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarelli -  31 May 17 (Wakeham)

Races

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Also

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral Pigeon
Lovebird - 21 Jun 17 (Wakeham)
Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid - 9 Jan 18 (Lodmoor RSPB Reserve)
Pale-bellied/Dark-bellied Brent Geese - 9 Nov 19 (Ferrybridge)
Fife Canary - 22 Aug 22 (Wakeham)