Dorset Walks

last year's walks . . .

2009 Wednesday December 30th Tout Quarry - Westcliffs - Inmosthay Fulmar, Raven Wednesday December 23rd Southwell - Portland Bill Peregrine, Kestrel, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Rock Pipit, Gannet, Kittiwake, Black Redstart, Little Owl, Oystercatcher, Guillemot, Great Northern Diver Wednesday December 16th Portland Bill Guillemot, Rock Pipit, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher

Wednesday December 9th Grove Point - Yeolands Quarry Fulmar, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, British Primitive Goats (10) Wednesday December 2nd Chesil Beach Fulmar, Gannet (dead), Turnstone (alive), Dead Mans Fingers, Sea Fan, Hydroid, Whelk eggs, Cuttlefish, Ray egg-case, Dogfish egg-case Wednesday November 25th Portland Harbour - Ferrybridge LEACH'S PETREL, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Mediterranean Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Northern Diver, Turnstone, Little Grebe

© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Waves at Portland Bill, November 18th 2009

Wednesday November 18th Portland Bill Razorbill, Gannet, Oystercatcher, Kittiwake, Rock Pipit, Cormorant, Shag Wednesday November 11th Sailing Academy - Portland Harbour Peregrine, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Razorbill, Red-breasted Merganser, Black Redstart, Turnstone, Little Egret, Grey Heron Wednesday November 4th Penn's Weare Kestrel, Raven, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Razorbill, Grey Seal, Clouded Yellow, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Maidenhair spleenwort Wednesday October 28th Inmosthay - Tout Kestrel, Black Redstart (3), Raven, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Swallow Wednesday October 21st Avalanche Road 'Hump' Kestrel, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Black Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood Wednesday October 14th Kingbarrow - Withies Croft Kestrel, Song Thrush, Redwing, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Red Admiral, Painted Lady Wednesday October 7th Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay Kestrel, Rock Pipit, Swallow, Raven, Guillemot, Common Gull, Sparrowhawk Wednesday September 30th Topfields - Culverwell Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Swallow, Linnet, Buzzard, Raven, Skylark, Stonechat, Chiffchaff

© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Goldfinch at Penn's Weare, November 4th 2009 © Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Wave breaking at Hallelujah Bay, October 6th 2009

Wednesday September 23rd Culverwell - Eastcliffs Wheatear, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Swallow, Linnet, Buzzard, Turnstone, Blackcap, Common Blue, Speckled Wood Wednesday September 16th Portland Bill Wheatear, Whinchat, Pied Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Linnet, Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, Peacock Kingbarrow Quarry - Admiralty Quarry Little Owl, Wheatear, Whinchat, Blackcap, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Raven, Adonis Blue, Meadow Brown, Small Copper, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Small Heath, Common Lizard, Adder, Slow-worm

© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Whinchat, Portland Bill, September 16th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Wheatear, Portland Bill, September 16th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Young Adder, Admiralty Quarry, September 16th 2009
© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Small Copper, Admiralty Quarry, September 16th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Speckled Wood, Admiralty Quarry, September 16th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Small Heath, Admiralty Quarry, September 16th 2009

Wednesday September 9th Reap Lane - Barleycrates Lane Wheatear, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Kestrel, Peregrine, Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Browntail moth, Meadow Grasshopper (red form) Wednesday September 2nd Penn Weare - Durdle Pier Kestrel, Swallow, Gannet, Fulmar, Balearic Shearwater, Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Speckled Wood Common Gromwell, Milkwort, Viburnum tinus, Small Scabious, Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Spleenwort Wednesday August 26th Verne Naval Cemetry Peregrine, House Martin, Swallow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler Harebell, Blackberries!

© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Crane at Durdle Pier, September 2nd 2009

Wednesday August 19th Butterfly Identification Workshop, Admiralty Quarries - Kingbarrow Quarry - Inmosthay - Tout Quarry Little Owl, Kestrel, Wheatear, Adder, Slow-worm, Common Lizard Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Six-spot Burnet, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Holly Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Wall, Marbled White, Small Heath, Small Copper, Large White, Meadow Grasshopper, Field Grasshopper Wayfaring Tree, Small Scabious, Field Scabious, Lesser Centaury, Autumn Ladies Tresses, Horseshoe Vetch, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Common Toadflax
© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Male Adonis Blue, Admiralty Quarry, August 19th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Male Chalkhill Blue, Admiralty Quarry, August 19th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Slow-worm, Admiralty Quarry, August 19th 2009
© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Male Adonis Blue, Admiralty Quarry, August 19th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Meadow Brown, Admiralty Quarry, August 19th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Marbled White, Admiralty Quarry, August 19th 2009
Wednesday August 12th Admiralty Quarries Peregrine, Raven, Adder, Slow-worm, Common Lizard Six-spot Burnet, Painted Lady, Common Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Wall, Small Copper, Large White Wayfaring Tree, Autumn Gentian, Lesser Centaury, Autumn Ladies Tresses, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Common Toadflax
© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Male Common Blue, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Autumn Ladies Tresses, Heights Hotel, August 12th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Female Gatekeeper, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009
© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Autumn Gentian, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Female Chalkhill Blue, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Nest of Slow-worms, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009
© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Common Toadflax, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Disappearing Male Adder, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Small Copper on Marjoram, Admiralty Quarry, August 12th 2009

Wednesday August 5th Penn Weare Fulmar (adults and juvenile), Kestrel, Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Common Lizard Dark Bush Cricket, Six-spot Burnet, Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Jersey Tiger, Painted Lady, Common Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Lulworth Skipper, Large White Sea Spleenwort, Maidenhair Fern, Salad Burnet, Hartstongue Fern, Wayfaring Tree

© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Common Lizard, Penn Weare, August 5th 2009	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Jersey Tiger, Penn Weare, August 5th 2009	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Lulworth Skipper, Penn Weare, August 5th 2009
Wednesday July 29th Westcliffs - Tout Quarry Fulmar (adults and juvenile), Kestrel, Gannet, Painted Lady, Marbled White, Oak Eggar Wednesday July 22nd High Angle Battery - Engine Sheds - Admiralty Quarry - Kingbarrow Peregrine, Raven, Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, Slow-worm, Adder Six-spot Burnet, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Common Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Small Skipper, Peacock, Comma, Large White, Wall Rue, Hartstongue Fern, Marjoram, Carline Thistle, Stemless Thistle, Strawberry Clover, Wayfaring Tree Wednesday July 15th Southwell Peregrine, Kestrel, Gannet, Cormorant, Common Lizard, Wall Lizard, Six-spot Burnet, Painted Lady, Common Blue, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Portland Rock Sea-lavender, Sea Spleenwort Wednesday July 1st Southwell Landslip Whitethroat, Painted Lady, Comma, Small Copper, Common Blue, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Dingy Skipper, Lulworth Skipper, Square-stemmed Willowherb, Common Bulrush, Lesser Reedmace Wednesday June 24th Southwell Landslip Peregrine, Kestrel, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Dingy Skipper, Large Skipper, Common Blue, 6-spot Burnet, Pyramidal Orchid, Bee Orchid, Eyebright, Rock Samphire, Common Centaury, Wild Thyme Wednesday June 17th Verne Common Peregrine, Painted Lady, Pyramidal Orchid, Common Centaury, Bastard Toadflax, Yellow-wort, Wild Thyme, Yellow Rattle, Squinancywort, Purging Flax Wednesday June 10th Kingbarrow - Withies Croft - Independent Quarry Swallow, Whitethroat, Greenfinch, Common Blue, Small Blue, Speckled Wood, Painted Lady, Speckled Yellow Moth, Garden Snail, Rove Beetle, Pyramidal Orchid, Bee Orchid, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Common Centaury, Viper's Bugloss, False Brome, Musk Thistle, Teasel,

Wednesday May 13th Portland Bill Yellow Wagtail, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Linnet, Skylark, Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Guillemot, Bridled Guillemot, Razorbill, Gannet, Kittiwake, Fulmar, Banded Snail, Garden Snail, Milkwort, Red Fescue, 'Wild' Gladiolus, Spanish Bluebell, Early Purple Orchid Wednesday May 6th Broadcroft Quarry Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk, Small Blue, Speckled Wood, Wall Milkwort, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Yellow Vetch, Rosy Garlic, Yellow Vetchling, Toothed Medick, Spotted Medick, Birdfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Dogwood, Salad Burnet, Sainfoin, Tall Fescue, Soft Brome, Upright Brome, Cocksfoot, Pendulous Sedge Wednesday April 29th Bowers Quarry - Blacknor Raven, Whitethroat, Fulmar, Wheatear, Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle Black Mustard, Alexanders Wednesday April 22nd Kingbarrow - Withies Croft Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, Pheasant, Weasel Toothed Medick, Common Vetch, Round-leaved Cranesbill, Soft Cranesbill, Cleavers, Alexanders Wednesday April 8th Kingbarrow - Withies Croft Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, Swallow 34 species of plant on Withies Croft survey including Horseshoe Vetch, Birdfoot Trefoil, Hawkweed Oxtongue, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Fern Grass Wednesday April 1st Portland Bill Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver, Gannet, Guillemot, Razorbill, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Peregrine, Kestrel, Black Redstart, Wheatear Early Purple Orchid (leaves) Wednesday March 25th Church Ope Cove Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Peacock Butterfly Round-leaved Cranesbill, Wild Madder, Bulbous Comfrey, Elm, Horse Chestnut, Ash, Wayfaring Tree, Laurestinus	© Kay Mantripp Small Blue, Broadcroft Quarry, May 6th 2009 © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Small Blue, Broadcroft Quarry, May 6th 2009 © Kay Mantripp Fulmar at Blacknor, April 29th 2009
Wednesday March 18th Blacknor - Barleycrates Lane Wheatear, Gannet, Fulmar, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Small Tortoiseshell Wild Cabbage, Bee Orchid (leaves) Wednesday March 11th Zilklake - Yeolands Quarry Redwing, Raven, Greenfinch, Magpie (15), Frog tadpoles Wednesday March 4th Portland Bill WHEATEAR, Purple Sandpiper, Kestrel, Gannet, Guillemot, Razorbill, Fulmar, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit
Wednesday February 25th Kingbarrow Carline Thistle, Salad Burnet, Teasel, Small-leaved Cottoneaster, Himalayan Cottoneaster, Wayfaring Tree, Hairy Bittercress, Hartstongue Fern, Male Fern Wednesday February 11th Cheyne - Eastcliffs Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, Razorbill, Fulmar, Skylark, Rock Pipit Bulbous Meadow Grass Wednesday February 4th Reap Lane - Westcliffs - Suckthumb Quarry SHORT-EARED OWL, Buzzard, Kestrel, Fulmar, Skylark, Meadow Pipit Wednesday January 28th Portland Harbour Sailing Centre Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Turnstone, Razorbill, Red-breasted Merganser, Ringed Plover, Rock Pipit 2009 Wednesday January 21st Inmosthay - Jordan Redwing, Pheasant fossilised wood, Ammonite (Titanites giganteus), tufa, salt pseudomorphs 2009 Wednesday January 14th Tout Quarry - Westcliffs Redwing, Fulmar, Jackdaw, Great Tit Wednesday January 7th Portland Bill Kittiwake, Razorbill, Guillemot, Shag, Cormorant, Oystercatcher, Lapwing

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