Dorset Walks

Walks on Portland - wildlife highlights for 2010

last year's walks . . .

2010 Wednesday December 29th Haylands - Weston Skylark, Redwing, Fieldfare, Chaffinch Wednesday December 22nd Ferrybridge - Portland Castle - Portland Bird Observatory Dunlin, Ringed Plover,Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Brent Goose, Mediterranean Gull (100), Skylark, Merganser, Song Thrush, Redwing, Snipe, Jacksnipe, Woodcock, Golden Plover (100), Kestrel, Peregrine, Buzzard

© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Dunlins, Ferrybridge, December 22nd 2010

Wednesday December 15th Portland Bill - Lobster Pot Black Redstart, Red-throated Diver, Eider, Knot, Golden Plover (dead), Dunlin, Grey Plover, Gannet, Kestrel, Peregrine, Buzzard, European Cormorant (P.c.sinensis), Grey Seal, Turkey

© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Grey Plover and Knot, Portland Bill, December 15th 2010

Wednesday December 8th Portland Bill (Topfields) Golden Plover, Lapwing, Grey Heron, Stock Dove, Pheasant, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Linnet, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Stonechat, Portland Bill, December 8th 2010
Wednesday December 1st Chesil Cove - Hallelujah Bay Rock Pipit, Stonechat, Kestrel, Shag, Little Egret Wednesday November 24th Bird Observatory - Culverwell - Eastcliffs Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Short-eared Owl, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Raven, Water Rail (heard), Oystercatcher	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Kestrel, Eastcliffs, November 24th, 2010
Wednesday November 17th Ferrybridge Black Brant, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted merganser, Goosander, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Knot, Snipe, Sanderling, Skylark Wednesday November 10th Heights Hotel Greenland Wheatear Wednesday November 3rd Pennsylvania Castle Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tit, Wood Pigeon (200), Stock Dove	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Little Gull at Ferrybridge, November 17th, 2010
Wednesday October 27th Chesil Cove - Portland Castle Blackcap, Black Redstart, Siskin (5), Goldcrest (heard), Mediterranean Gull, Harlequin Ladybird on Chesil Beach: Dogfish, Spider Crab, Edible Crab, Blue-rayed Limpet, Pink Sea-fan, Sea Mat, Bladderwrack, Carragheen, Laminaria saccharina, Laminaria digitata, Saccorhiza polyschides Wednesday October 20th Kingbarrow Quarry Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Skylark, Red Admiral, Shaggy Inkcap	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Beachcombing on Chesil Beach, October 27th, 2010
Wednesday October 13th Westcliffs - Topfields Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Chiffchaff, Red Admiral, Common Blue Wednesday September 29th Portland Bill Gannet, Common Scoter, Kittiwake, Wheatear	© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Short-eared Owl, Topfields, October 13th, 2010
Wednesday September 22nd Engine Sheds - Grove Point - Grove Fields Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Chiffchaff, House Martin, Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Raven, Fox, British Primitive Goats (10), Red Admiral, Holly Blue	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Pig, Grove Fields, September 22nd, 2010
Wednesday September 15th Portland Bird Observatory - Eastcliffs Pied Wagtail, Wheatear, Chiffchaff, Linnet, Gannet, Sand Martin, Swallow, Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Red Admiral, Clouded Yellow, Large White, Speckled Wood, Negro Beetle, Fox Moth	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Chiffchaff, Portland Bird Observatory, September 15th, 2010
Wednesday September 8th Kingbarrow Quarry Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Whinchat, Tree Pipit, Redstart, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Owl, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Small White Wednesday September 1st Barleycrates Lane - Westcliffs Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Fulmar, Gannet, Grey Heron, Sand Martin, Whitethroat, Jersey Tiger, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Large White, Small White	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Adonis Blue, Westcliffs, September 1st, 2010

Wednesday August 25th Verne Naval Cemetery Raven, Peregrine, Bullfinch, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Chalkhill Blue Wednesday August 18th Tout Quarry - Westcliffs Wheatear, Raven, Peregrine, Kestrel, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Grayling, Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Copper, Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Autumn Ladies Tresses Wednesday August 11th Kingbarrow Quarry - Admiralty Quarry Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Raven, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Adonis Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Wayfaring Tree, Common Toadflax, Olive-leaved Willow, Bergenia, Stemless Thistle, Carline Thistle, Autumn Ladies Tresses Wednesday August 4th Penn's Weare Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Peregrine, Fulmar, Bullfinch, Little Owl, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Hoverfly Volucella zonaria, Maidenhair Fern Wednesday July 28th Verne Glacis - High Angle Battery Kestrel, Raven, Linnet, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Ringlet, Large Skipper, Chalkhill Blue, Small Blue, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Copper, Small Heath, Six-spot Burnet, Silver Y, Magpie Moth Marjoram, Common Rock-rose 2010 Wednesday July 21st High Angle Battery Kestrel, Little Owl, Raven, Linnet, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Ringlet, Small Skipper, Chalkhill Blue, Small Blue, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Six-spot Burnet Marjoram, Horseshoe Vetch, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Meadow Vetchling, Greater Knapweed, Wild Garlic, Burnet Saxifrage Wednesday July 14th East Weares - Nicodemus Knob Buzzard, Whitethroat, Adder, Slow-worm, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Ringlet, Chalkhill Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Six-spot Burnet, Speckled Yellow Pyramidal Orchid, White Stonecrop, Whitebeam, Golden Rod Wednesday July 7th Portland Bird Observatory - Eastcliffs Rock Pipit, Skylark, Linnet, Gannet, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small Heath, Scarlet Tiger, Six-spot Burnet, Yellow Shell Rock Samphire, Golden Samphire Wednesday June 30th Ferrybridge - Chesil Beach Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Linnet, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Gannet, Common Tern, Raven, Meadow Brown, Six-spot Burnet Shrubby Seablite, Sea Purslane, Sea Beet, Sea Campion, Sea Bindweed, Marsh Samphire, Yellow Horned-poppy, Woody Nightshade Wednesday June 23rd Eastcliffs Rock Pipit, Fulmar, Peregrine, Whitethroat, Common Blue, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Lulworth Skipper, Large Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Marbled White, Silver Y, Six-spot Burnet Wednesday June 16th Portland Bill Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Skylark, Common Blue, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Cinnabar Moth, Six-spot Burnet Moth Early Gentian, Bee Orchid Wednesday June 9th Verne Naval Cemetry Fulmar, Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven, Whitethroat, Linnet, Red Admiral, Dingy Skipper Wednesday May 26th Portland Bill Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Gannet, Fulmar, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Skylark, Linnet, Common Blue, Small Blue, Wall, Yellow Belle, Brown Tail Moth, Silver Y, Soldier Beetle Early Purple Orchid, Kidney Vetch, Goatsbeard, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Horseshoe Vetch, Hoary Cress Wednesday May 19th Penn Weare Swallow, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel, Raven, Fulmar, Stock Dove, Bullfinch, Holly Blue Maidenhair Fern, Horseshoe Vetch, Hoary Stock Wednesday May 12th Topfields Swift, House Martin, Swallow, Garden Warbler, Wheatear, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Kestrel, Yellow Wagtail, Green-veined White

© Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Adonis Blue, High Angle Battery, August 11th, 2010 © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Scarlet Tiger, Eastcliffs, July 7th, 2010 © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Small Blue, Portland Bill, May 26th, 2010 © Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Whinchat, Broadcroft Quarry, April 21st, 2010

Wednesday April 21st Broadcroft Quarry - Yeolands Quarry - Silklake Raven, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Whinchat, Redstart, Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine, Oil Beetle, Tadpoles Wednesday April 14th Tout Quarry - Westcliffs Raven, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Fulmar, Oystercatcher Wednesday March 31st Portland Harbour Manx Shearwater, Slavonian Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Sandwich Tern, Red-breasted Merganser, Bullfinch, Oystercatcher Wednesday March 24th Portland Bill Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Peregrine, Kestrel, Buzzard, Raven, Guillemot, Gannet, Kittiwake, Fulmar, Shag, Cormorant, Oystercatcher, Linnet Wednesday March 17th Inmosthay - Jordan Quarry - Tout Quarry Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Firecrest Wednesday March 10th Barleycrates Lane - Blacknor - Reap Lane Kestrel, Black Redstart, Fulmar, Redwing, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Alpaca (4) Wednesday March 3rd Kingbarrow Quarry Shining Cranesbill, Teasel, Hartstongue Fern, Male Fern, Wayfaring Tree Wednesday February 24th Westcliffs - Jordan Quarry Raven, Kestrel, Fulmar Wednesday February 17th Ferrybridge - Portland Harbour Black Brant, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted merganser, Mediterranean Gull (100), Lapwing, Kestrel news just in! - a colour-ringed Little Egret we saw on March 19th 2008 on the Fleet was ringed in Hampshire (Sowley Pond in the New Forest) as a chick in 2006. It then spent its first year at Keyhaven Marshes before moving to Dorset. Wednesday February 10th Church Ope Cove Buzzard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Black Redstart Wednesday February 3rd Verne Naval Cemetry Kestrel, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Fieldfare, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Pheasant Wednesday January 27th Southwell Peregrine, Kestrel, Rock Pipit, Great Tit, Guillemot, Winter Heliotrope Wednesday January 20th Portland Bill Gannet, Kittiwake, Common Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Guillemot, Razorbill, Golden Plover

© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Slavonian Grebe, Portland Harbour, March 31st © Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Kestrel, Portland Bill, March 24th, 2010 © Mary Robins Peregrine, Portland Bill, March 24th, 2010 © Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Raven, Westcliffs, February 24th, 2010 © Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Black Brant, Ferrybridge, February 17th, 2010 © Kay Mantripp/Nature Portfolio Mystery Fungus, Church Ope, February 10th, 2010

Wednesday January 13th Reap Lane - Barleycrates Lane Woodcock, Golden Plover, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush (northern race), Kestrel, Skylark Wednesday January 6th Portland Bill Gannet, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Buzzard, Peregrine, Lapwing (1000), Golden Plover (50), Fieldfare, Redwing

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