Dorset Walks

Walks on Portland - wildlife highlights

list of species seen on all Portland walks

2008 Wednesday August 6th Tout Quarry Raven, Kestrel, Swallow Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Grayling, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Wall, 6-spot Burnet, Cinnabar, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Portland Riband Wave Ploughman's Spikenard, Hoary Ragwort, Stemless Thistle Wednesday July 30th Verne Raven, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Copper, Small Skipper Ploughman's Spikenard, Harebell, Rockrose, Common Ragwort, Hoary Ragwort, Hoary Plantain, Stemless Thistle, Stinging Nettle, Pyramidal Orchid, Hare'sfoot Inkcap (Coprinus lagopus), Cup fungus (Peziza spp)	© Kay Mantripp Water Trough on the Merchant's Railway
Wednesday July 23rd Kingbarrow - High Angle Battery Little Owl, Crossbill, Yellowhammer Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Grayling, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Ringlet, Small Copper, Small Skipper Olive Willow, Pyramidal Orchid,
Wednesday July 2nd Admiralty Quarries Sparrowhawk, British Primitive Goats (10), Meadow Brown, Silver-studded Blue, Small Heath, Great Green Bush-cricket, Slow-worm Olive Willow, Pyramidal Orchid, Broad-leaved Eyebright, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Ivy Broomrape, Carline Thistle, Wild Thyme, Cats-tail, Crested Dogstail, Early Gentian, Lady's Mantle Wednesday June 18th Southwell Landslip Grey Seal, Kestrel, Rock Pipit, Meadow Brown, Bloody-nosed Beetle Dryad's Saddle, Bee Orchid, Biting Stonecrop, Black Mustard, Broad-leaved Eyebright, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Pyramidal Orchid, Ivy Broomrape, Carline Thistle, Common Centaury, Common Gromwell, Fennel, Great Mullein, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Portland Spurge, Red Valerian, Restharrow, Golden Samphire, Rock Samphire, Rock Sea Lavender, Rock Stonecrop, Sea Beet, Stinking Iris, Viper's Bugloss, Wild Carrot, Wild Madder, Wild Privet, Wild Thyme, White Stonecrop	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Dryad's Saddle Penn Castle, 18th June 2008
Wednesday June 11th Kingbarrow & Admiralty Quarries Buzzard, Whitethroat, Linnet, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Dingy Skipper, Wall, Speckled Yellow Early Gentian, Wall Rue, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Kidney Vetch, Horseshoe Vetch, Pyramidal Orchid, Hoary Plantain, Ivy Broomrape, Upright Brome, Tall Fescue, Crested Dogstail, Cocksfoot, Yorkshire Fog
Wednesday June 4th Eastcliffs Coastal Strip Rock Pipit, Skylark, Linnet, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Wall, Mother Shipton, Yellow Shell Dwarf Elder, Lady's Bedstraw, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Kidney Vetch, Yellow Vetchling, Meadow Vetchling, Bee Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Hoary Cress, Hoary Plantain, Common Centaury, Yellow-wort, Wild Carrot, Common Broomrape, Agrimony, Hemp Agrimony, Rock Samphire, Thrift Wednesday May 14th Blacknor - Tout Quarry Fulmar, Stonechat, Great Black-backed Gull Horseshoe Vetch, Wild Clary, Soft Brome, Sea Spleenwort Wednesday April 30th Portland Bill Fulmar, Manx Shearwater, Gannet, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Shag Thrift, Bulbous Buttercup, Early Purple Orchid, Borage	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Mother Shipton Southwell, 4th June 2008
Wednesday April 23rd Penn Weare Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven, Redstart, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer, Fulmar Maidenhair Fern, Hoary Stock, Wallflower, Wayfaring Tree, Germander Speedwell, Horseshoe Vetch, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Wood Spurge, Portland Spurge, Rock Stonecrop

Wednesday April 9th Portland Bill Buzzard, Redstart, Wheatear, Guillemot, Razorbill, Kittiwake, Gannet, Fulmar Wednesday April 2nd Church Ope Cove Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Firecrest Wednesday March 26th Barleycrates Lane - Topfields Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Peregrine, Raven, Stonechat, Skylark Wednesday March 19th Wyke Bridging Camp Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Curlew, Red-breasted Merganser, Brent Goose, Grey Plover, Little Egret (25!) Wednesday March 12th Eastcliffs Stonechat, Rock Pipit, Kestrel, Peregrine Fig Tree Wednesday March 5th Abbotsbury Beach Red-throated Diver, Great-crested Grebe, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Buzzard, Pheasant Wild Leek, Yellow Horned-poppy, Sea Kale Wednesday February 27th Portland Harbour - Ferrybridge Red-breasted Merganser, Mediterranean Gull (30), Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Skylark, Meadow Pipit	© Kay Mantripp 3 of the 25 Little Egrets om the Fleet, 19th March 2008 © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Mediterranean Gulls at Ferrybridge, 27th Feb 2008
Wednesday February 20th Portland Bill Buzzard, Fulmar, Purple Sandpiper, Razorbill, Guillemot, Gannet, Stonechat, Skylark, Rock Pipit Wednesday February 13th Portland Bill Kestrel, Fulmar, Velvet Scoter, Razorbill, Guillemot, Gannet, Stonechat, Skylark, Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Oystercatcher Alexanders, Sea Beet, Field Blewit	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Field Blewit, Portland Bill, 13th Feb 2008
Wednesday February 6th Rodden Hive LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Redshank, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Buzzard, Kestrel, Wigeon, Pintail, Goldeneye, Brown Hare Holm Oak, Stinking Iris, London Plane Wednesday January 30th Shepherd's Dinner Fulmar, Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven, British Primitive Goats (8) Wallflower Wednesday January 23rd Bumper's Lane - Penn's Weare Fulmar, Razorbill, Gannet, Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven, Fox, British Primitive Goats (9) Maidenhair Fern, Wall Rue	© Mary Robins © Kay Mantripp Common Buzzard, Rodden Hive, 6th Feb 2008
Wednesday January 16th Portland Bill - Westcliffs Rock Pipit, Stonechat, Skylark, Fulmar, Purple Sandpiper, Razorbill, Gannet, Kittiwake, Kestrel Field Blewits, Jew's Ear Wednesday January 9th Shepherd's Dinner Raven, British Primitive Goats (10) Wednesday January 2nd Hallelujah Bay Rock Pipit, Shag Green Hellebore 2007 Wednesday December 26th Portland Harbour Mediterranean Gull, Little Grebe, Brent Goose, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Rock Pipit, Turnstone, Oystercatcher Wednesday December 19th Pirates Bay, Wyke Regis Buzzard, Stonechat, Snipe, Goosander, Goldeneye, Mediterranean Gull Fossils: Lopha gregarea, Belemnite, Nucleolites clunicularis (sea urchin) Wednesday December 12th Bird Observatory to Westcliffs Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, Stonechat, Skylark, Linnet Wednesday December 5th Eastcliffs from Southwell Kestrel, Rock Pipit, Buzzard, Stonechat, Gannet, Kittiwake Sea Spleenwort, Winter Heliotrope
Wednesday November 28th Eastcliffs from the Bill Kestrel, Rock Pipit, Little Owl Lesser Centaury, Golden Samphire Wednesday November 21st Church Ope Raven, Pied Wagtail (40), Goldcrest Red Admiral Wednesday November 14th East Weares Raven, Kestrel, Ring Ouzel, Goats (6) Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Maidenhair Fern, Black Spleenwort, Wall Rue, Hartstongue Fern, Polypody, Bracken Wednesday November 7th High Angle Battery - Incline Road Raven, Peregrine, Ring Ouzel(?) Field Blewits, Whitebeam, English Oak, Wall Rue, Cotoneaster simonsii Wednesday October 31st Kingbarrow Quarry - Tilleycoombe Little Owl, Sparrowhawk, Redwing, Fieldfare Wednesday October 24th Inmosthay - Easton Kestrel, House Martin, Skylark, Redwing, Blackcap, Goldcrest (heard) Rough Hawkbit, Cotoneaster integrifolius, Cotoneaster simonsii Wednesday October 17th Kingbarrow Quarry - Old Hill Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Raven Shaggy Inkcap, Field Mushroom, Hartstongue Fern, Male Fern	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio One of the introduced British Primitive Goats, East Weares, 14th Nov 2007 © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Fossils in roach stone, Kingbarrow, 17th Oct 2007
Wednesday October 10th Independent Quarry - Kingbarrow Quarry Wheatear, Stonechat, Goldfinch, Meadow Pipit Shaggy Inkcap, Bristly Ox-tongue, Annual Mercury, Dandelion, Smooth Sowthistle, Sea Mayweed, Cocksfoot, Red Fescue, Annual Beard-grass, Sea Beet, Great Hairy Willowherb, Winter Heliotrope Teasel, Creeping Cinquefoil, Creeping Buttercup, Common Ragwort, Hoary Ragwort, Ribwort Plantain, Viper's Bugloss, Charlock, Buddleia, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Prickly Sowthistle, Wormwood, Japanese Knotweed, Broad-leaved Dock, Black Medick, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Greater Plantain, Great Mullein, Dandelion, Red Valerian, Wood Sage, Bramble, Spear Thistle, Stemless Thistle, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Hop Trefoil, Marjoram, Yellow-wort
Wednesday October 3rd Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay Kestrel, Stonechat, Wheatear, Raven, Common Scoter Small White, Red Admiral, Nero Bug Common Broomrape, Ivy Broomrape Wednesday September 19th Perryfields - Suckthumb Quarry Kestrel, Stonechat, Wheatear, Linnet Wednesday September 12th Inmosthay - Jordan Quarry Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail (heard) Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small Copper, Large White, Red Admiral Portland Spurge, Horseshoe Vetch, Maidenhair Fern	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Tunnels in Inmosthay Quarry, 16th Sept 2007
Wednesday August 29th Tout Quarry Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Wheatear, Common Shrew (dead) Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small Heath, Small White, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Oak Eggar, Bloody-nosed Beetle Autumn Ladies Tresses, Hoary Plantain, Prickly Sow-thistle, Annual Wall Rocket, Viper's Bugloss, Portland Spurge, Horseshoe Vetch, Autumn Gentian, Yellow-wort, Eyebright, Wood Sage, False Broom Wednesday August 22nd Independent Quarry Roe Deer (prints) Autumn Ladies Tresses, Wild Clary, Hoary Plantain, Prickly Sow-thistle, Annual Wall Rocket, Black Medick, Field Poppy, Teasel, Annual Beard Grass, Cocksfoot, Buddleia Wednesday August 15th Tout Quarry - Westcliffs Raven, Fulmar, Gannet, Kittiwake, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Grayling, Speckled Wood, Dark Bush-cricket, Bloody-nosed Beetle Autumn Ladies Tresses, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Prickly Sow-thistle, Eyebright, Rock Stonecrop, Small Scabious, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Marjoram Wednesday August 1st Redoubt - Kingbarrow Quarry Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, Peregrine, Kestrel Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Red Admiral, Peacock, Six-spot Burnet, Meadow Grasshopper Pyramid Orchid, Horseshoe Vetch, Ivy Broomrape, Beaked Hawksbeard, Common Cat's-ear, Prickly Sow-thistle, Sainfoin, Pale Flax, Wayfaring Tree, Male Fern, Harts-tongue Fern
Wednesday July 25th Verne Common Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Red Admiral Harebell, Saw-wort, Autumn Gentian, Squinancywort,Pyramid Orchid, Horseshoe Vetch, Ivy Broomrape, Wild Thyme, Marjoram, Yellow-wort, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Bristly Ox-tongue, Smooth Hawkbit, Beaked Hawksbeard, Common Cat's-ear, Lesser Centaury, Common Centaury, Wednesday July 18th Broadcroft - Bumper's Lane - Shepherd's Dinner Fox, Raven, Sparrowhawk, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Whitethroat Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Large White, Red Admiral Pyramid Orchid, Common Gromwell, Horseshoe Vetch, Ivy Broomrape, Wild Thyme, Marjoram, Yellow-wort, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Bristly Ox-tongue, Field Penny-cress, Spear Thistle, Carline Thistle, Common Elder, Dwarf Elder, Musk Mallow, Fodder Burnet, Wormwood, Apple, Pear, Sainfoin, Lesser Centaury, Bulrush, Lesser Reedmace, Pendulous Sedge, Hard Rush, Tor Grass, Quaking Grass, Annual Beard Grass	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Harebell, Verne Common, 25th July 2007
Wednesday July 11th Church Ope - Southwell Landslip Wall Lizard, Rose Chafer, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Lulworth Skipper, Clouded Yellow, Large White, Red Admiral, Comma, Painted Lady Pyramid Orchid, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Common Gromwell, Upright Hedge Parsley, Horseshoe Vetch, Ivy Broomrape, Wild Thyme, Marjoram, Yellow-wort, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Milkwort, Wood Spurge, Portland Spurge, Rock Samphire, Wild Madder, Hedge Bedstraw, Ladies Bedstraw, Squinancywort, Welted Thistle, Stemless Thistle, Restharrow, Common Ragwort, Hoary Ragwort, Oxford Ragwort, Calamint, Wall Rocket, Timothy, False Brome
Wednesday June 27th Tout Quarry Bloody-nosed Beetle, Common Blue, Small Copper, Meadow Brown, Grayling, Marbled White, Speckled Yellow Pyramid Orchid, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Black Medick, Ivy Broomrape, Wild Thyme, Marjoram, Yellow-wort, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Rough Hawkbit, Milkwort, Hoary Plantain, Purple Toadflax, Herb Robert, Wood Spurge, Portland Spurge, Male Fern, Field Madder, Wild Madder, Hedge Bedstraw, Squinancywort, Weld, Bristly Ox-tongue, Welted Thistle, Slender Thistle, Stemless Thistle, Carline Thistle, Restharrow, Common Ragwort, Teasel, Viper's Bugloss, Buddleia, Apple Wednesday June 13th Kingbarrow - High Angle Battery Yellowhammer, Sand Martin, Reed Warbler (singing), Stonechat SPECKLED BUSH-CRICKET, Summer Chafer, Silver-studded Blue, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Small Blue, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Large Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Marbled White, Speckled Yellow Pale Flax, Pyramid Orchid, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Kidney Vetch, Ivy Broomrape, Yellow Rattle, Dogwood, Wild Thyme	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Viper's Bugloss, Tout, 27th June 2007
Wednesday June 6th Old Hill - Kingbarrow ROESEL'S BUSH-CRICKET, Common Lizard, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Small Blue, Speckled Wood, Small Heath, Dingy Skipper, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Speckled Yellow, Yellow Shell EARLY GENTIAN, Yellow-wort, Germander Speedwell, Wall Speedwell, Pale Flax, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Rough Hawkbit, Beaked Hawksbeard, Bulbous Buttercup, Milkwort, Hoary Plantain, Ribwort Plantain, Hoary Cress, Purple Toadflax, Pyramid Orchid, Hairy Rockcress, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Shining Cranesbill, Herb Robert, Ivy Broomrape, Wood Spurge, Male Fern, Field Madder, Meadow Vetchling, Wayfaring Tree, Holly, Ivy Cocksfoot, Rough Meadow Grass, Annual Meadow Grass, Yorkshire Fog, Quaking Grass, Rye Grass, False Oat-grass, Yellow Oat-grass, False Brome, Red Fescue, Soft Brome, Upright Brome, Wall Barley Wednesday May 30th Portland Bird Observatory - Portland Bill STORM PETREL, Manx Shearwater, Gannet, Guillemot, Razorbill, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Wheatear Cinnabar, Cream-spot Tiger, Dark Arches, Light Brocade, Heart and Club, Heart and Dart, Knot Grass, L-album Wainscot, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Marbled Minor, Poplar Hawk-moth, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Treble Lines, Vine's Rustic, White Ermine, White-point Wednesday May 23rd Reap Lane - Topfields MARSH HARRIER, Kestrel, Gannet, Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat, Common Blue, Swollen-thighed Beetle Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Kidney Vetch, Bladder Campion, Crow Garlic, Yellow Vetchling Wednesday May 16th Church Ope - Grove Point Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven, Swallow, House Martin, Whitehroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, Holly Blue Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Herb Robert, Portland Spurge, Wood Spurge, Maidenhair Fern, Sea Spleenwort, Tall Fescue, Red Fescue, Soft Brome
Wednesday May 2nd Admiralty Quarries - Verne Construction Railway RED KITE, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Raven, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Whitehroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellowhammer Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Small Blue, Browntail Moth Wayfaring Tree, Bush Vetch, Horseshoe Vetch, Black Medick, Herb Robert, Soft Cranesbill, Common Storksbill, Spanish Bluebell, Germander Speedwell, Upright Brome Wednesday April 25th Royal Naval Cemetery, The Verne Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitehroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Goldfinch Wayfaring Tree, Bush Vetch, Common Gromwell, Shining Cranesbill, English Bluebell, Cowslip, Germander Speedwell, Wood Sage, Horsetail	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Small Blue, 2nd May 2007
Wednesday April 18th Suckthumb Quarry - Freshwater Bay Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Swallow, Willow Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Wheatear, Linnet, Meadow Pipit Speckled Wood, Dingy Skipper, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Brown-tail Moth, Wall Lizard Wayfaring Tree, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Wild Madder, Bulbous Buttercup, Fennel, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch Wednesday April 4th East Weares - King's Pier Peregrine, Kestrel, Swallow, Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, Peacock Butterfly Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Wayfaring Tree, Wild Privet, Spindle Tree, Grey Willow, Honeysuckle, Clematis, Shining Cranesbill, Round-leaved Cranesbill, Rue-leaved Saxifrage, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Black Spleenwort, Western Polypody, Hart's-tongue Fern
Wednesday March 28th Yeolands - Broadcroft Quarry Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Fulmar, Peacock Butterfly Bulbous Meadow Grass, Wallflower, Wormwood Wednesday March 21st Tout Quarry Raven, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Wednesday March 14th Blacknor Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Raven (4), Kestrel, Peregrine, Fulmar Wednesday March 7th Admiralty Slopes to Portland Bill Skylark, Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Little Owl Wednesday February 28th Kingbarrow Quarry to Tilleycoombe Yellowhammer Hairy Bittercress, Hartstongue Fern	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Kingbarrow Gully, 28th Feb 2007
Wednesday February 21st Portland Castle to Ham Beach Ringed Plover, Red-breasted Merganser, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, VELVET SCOTER Sea Beet, Sea Lavender, Rock Samphire
Wednesday February 7th Ferrybridge to Wyke Regis Skylark, Dunlin, Little Egret, Kestrel, Red-breasted Merganser, Little Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Mediterranean Gull (20!), Dark-bellied Brent Goose, BLACK BRANT, VELVET SCOTER Wednesday January 31st Sandsfoot Castle and Portland Harbour Little Egret, Kestrel, Red-breasted Merganser, Great-crested Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Jay, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Bullfinch, YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Flat Winkle, Rough Winkle, Toothed Topshell, Beadlet Anemone, Snakelocks Anemone, Seasquirt Knotted Wrack, Channeled Wrack, Spiral Wrack, Bladder Wrack, Sea Lettuce	© Mary Robins Mediterranean Gull at Ferrybridge, 7th Feb 2007
2006 Wednesday December 27th Westcliffs to Blacknor Kestrel, Fulmar Wild Madder, Portland Spurge, Hartstongue Fern, Sea Spleenwort, Mucilago crustacea (slime mould) Wednesday December 20th Barleycrates Lane & Westcliffs Raven, Fulmar, Stonechat Brown Knapweed, Soft Cranesbill, Wild Madder, Cow Parsley, Daisy, Cocksfoot, Red Fescue, Tall Fescue Wednesday December 13th Merchant's Railway & Portland Harbour Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Little Grebe Shining Cranesbill, Herb Robert, Soft Cranesbill, Wild Madder, Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Hoary Ragwort, Bristly Ox-tongue, Daisy, Field Speedwell, Winter Heliotrope, Cottoneaster, Bramble, Rye Grass, Cocksfoot, Wall Barley, Annual Meadow Grass
Wednesday December 6th Chesil Beach & Portland Harbour Gannet (dead), Razorbill, Grey Wagtail, Raven, Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Dead Man's Fingers (soft coral), Ray (egg case), Whelk (eggs), Cuttlefish (shell), Sea Squirt, Kelp (holdfasts), Triggerfish, Greater Spotted Dogfish, Goose Barnacles, Hydroids, preserved ancient wood from offshore peat deposits Wednesday November 29th Eastcliffs at Freshwater Bay, Southwell Peregrine, Sparrowhawk,?Stonechat, Rock Pipit, Kestrel, Clouded Yellow Wednesday November 15th Portland Bill YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, Purple Sandpiper, Gannet, Kittiwake, Rock Pipit, Kestrel	© Mary Robins Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed and Yellow-legged Gull (bottom left) at Portland Bill, 15th Nov 2006
Wednesday November 8th Ferrybridge - Portland Harbour Sea Holly, Common Toadflax, Oxford Ragwort, Sea Radish, Thrift, Mucilago crustacea (slime mould) RED-BREASTED GOOSE, MEDITERRANEAN GULL, Brent Goose, Little Egret, Curlew, Kestrel, Wednesday November 1st Kingbarrow Quarry - Admiralty Quarry Cotoneaster microphyllus, Cotoneaster simonsii, Bush Vetch Blackcap, Wood Pigeon (400 flying north), Raven, Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Little Owl Wednesday October 25th Grove Point - Folly Pier - Tidal Pools Spindle Tree, Wayfaring Tree, Rock Samphire, Rock Sea Lavender Peregrine, Raven Wednesday October 11th Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay	© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Red-breasted Goose at Ferrybridge, 8th Nov 2006

List of species seen

Birds

Great Northern Diver
Black-throated Diver
Red-throated Diver
Little Grebe
Great-crested Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Storm Petrel
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Gannet
Shag
Cormorant
Little Egret
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Black Brant
Red-breasted Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Teal
Wigeon
Pintail
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Long-tailed Duck
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine
Sparrowhawk
Wood Pigeon
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Herring Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Kittiwake
Curlew
Oystercatcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Redshank
Lapwing
Golden Plover
Ringed Plover
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Turnstone
Guillemot
Razorbill
Little Owl
Skylark
Swift
Swallow
House Martin
Sand Martin
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grasshopper Warbler (heard)
Reed Warbler (heard)
Blackcap
Whitehroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Goldcrest
Firerest
Spotted Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Stonechat
Whinchat
Robin
Wheatear
Black Redstart
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Starling
Rook
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Raven
Magpie
Jay
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Bullfinch
Greenfinch
Crossbill
Yellowhammer

Mammals

British Primitive Goat
Brown Rat
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Brown Hare
Red Fox
Roe Deer (prints)

Reptiles

Common Lizard
Wall Lizard

Fossils

Belemnite
Lopha gregarea
Nucleolites clunicularis (sea urchin)
Titanites giganteus (ammonite)
Trigonia gibbosa (oss's head)

Butterflies

Adonis Blue
Chalkhill Blue
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue
Dingy Skipper
Gatekeeper
Grayling
Holly Blue
Large White
Lulworth Skipper
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Painted Lady
Peacock
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Silver-studded Blue
Small Blue
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood

Moths

Brown-tail
Cinnabar
Cream-spot Tiger
Dark Arches
Heart and Club
Heart and Dart
Knot Grass
L-album Wainscot
Large Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Brocade
Marbled Minor
Mother Shipton
Oak Eggar
Poplar Hawk-moth
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Speckled Yellow
Treble Lines
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Yellow Shell

Other Insects

Bloody-nosed Beetle
Dark Bush-cricket
Meadow Grasshopper
Roesel's Bush-cricket
Rose Chafer
Speckled Bush-cricket
Summer Chafer
Swollen-thighed Beetle

Marine Life

Ray
Triggerfish
Greater Spotted Dogfish
Goose Barnacles
Hydroid
Whelk
Cuttlefish
Flat Winkle
Rough Winkle
Toothed Topshell
Beadlet Anemone
Snakelocks Anemone
Seasquirt
Dead Man's Fingers

Knotted Wrack
Channeled Wrack
Spiral Wrack
Bladder Wrack
Sea Lettuce

Fungi

Dryad's Saddle
Field Blewits
Field Mushroom
Shaggy Inkcap

Plants

Agrimony
Alexanders
Annual Beard Grass
Annual Meadow Grass
Annual Mercury
Annual Wall Rocket
Autumn Gentian
Autumn Ladies Tresses
Bee Orchid
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Biting Stonecrop
Black Medick
Black Mustard
Black Spleenwort
Blackthorn
Bladder Campion
Bramble
Bristly Ox-tongue
Broad-leaved Dock
Broad-leaved Eyebright
Buddleia
Bulbous Buttercup
Bulbous Meadow Grass
Bulrush
Bush Vetch
Calamint
Carline Thistle
Cats-tail
Charlock
Clematis
Cocksfoot
Common Broomrape
Common Centaury
Common Elder
Common Gromwell
Common Ragwort
Common Storksbill
Common Toadflax
Cotoneaster microphyllus
Cotoneaster simonsii
Cow Parsley
Cowslip
Creeping Buttercup
Creeping Cinquefoil
Crested Dogstail
Crow Garlic
Daisy
Dandelion
Dogwood
Dwarf Elder
Early Gentian
Early Purple Orchid
English Bluebell
False Brome
False Oat-grass
Fennel
Field Penny-cress
Field Speedwell
Fodder Burnet
Germander Speedwell
Golden Samphire
Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
Greater Plantain
Great Hairy Willowherb
Great Mullein
Grey Willow
Hairy Bittercress
Hairy Rockrcress
Hard Rush
Harebell
Hartstongue Fern
Hawkweed Ox-tongue
Hawthorn
Hedge Bedstraw
Hemp Agrimony
Herb Robert
Hoary Plantain
Hoary Ragwort
Hogweed
Holly
Holm Oak
Honeysuckle
Hop Trefoil
Horseshoe Vetch
Horsetail
Ivy
Ivy Broomrape
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Japanese Knotweed
Kidney Vetch
Lady's Bedstraw
Lady's Mantle
Lesser Centaury
Lesser Reedmace
London Plane
Maidenhair Fern
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Male Fern
Marjoram
Meadow Vetchling
Milkwort
Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Musk Mallow
Olive Willow
Oxford Ragwort
Pear
Pendulous Sedge
Polypody
Portland Spurge
Prickly Sow-thistle
Purple Toadflax
Pyramidal Orchid
Quaking Grass
Red Fescue
Red Valerian
Restharrow
Ribwort Plantain
Rock Samphire
Rock Sea Lavender
Rock Stonecrop
Rough Meadow Grass
Round-leaved Cranesbill
Rue-leaved Saxifrage
Rye Grass
Sainfoin
Saw-wort
Sea Beet
Sea Holly
Sea Kale
Sea Lavender
Sea Mayweed
Sea Radish
Sea Spleenwort
Shining Cranesbill
Slender Thistle
Soft Brome
Soft Cranesbill
Slime Mould
Small Scabious
Smooth Sow-thistle
Spanish Bluebell
Spear Thistle
Spindle Tree
Squinancywort
Stemless Thistle
Stinging Nettle
Stinking Iris
Tall Fescue
Teasel
Thrift
Timothy
Tor Grass
Upright Brome
Upright Hedge Parsley
Viper's Bugloss
Wall Barley
Wall Rocket
Wall Rue
Wall Speedwell
Wallflower
Wayfaring Tree
Weld
Welted Thistle
Western Polypody
Whitebeam
White Stonecrop
Wild Carrot
Wild Clary
Wild Leek
Wild Madder
Wild Privet
Wild Thyme
Winter Heliotrope
Wood Sage
Wood Spurge
Wormwood
Yellow Horned-poppy
Yellow Oat-grass
Yellow Vetchling
Yellow-wort
Yorkshire Fog

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Dorset Walks

Walks on Portland - wildlife highlights

2008Wednesday August 6th Tout Quarry

Wednesday July 30th Verne

Wednesday July 23rd Kingbarrow - High Angle Battery

Wednesday July 2nd Admiralty Quarries

Wednesday June 18th Southwell Landslip

Wednesday June 11th Kingbarrow & Admiralty Quarries

Wednesday June 4th Eastcliffs Coastal Strip

Wednesday May 14th Blacknor - Tout Quarry

Wednesday April 30th Portland Bill

Wednesday April 23rd Penn Weare

Wednesday April 9th Portland Bill

Wednesday April 2nd Church Ope Cove

Wednesday March 26th Barleycrates Lane - Topfields

Wednesday March 19th Wyke Bridging Camp

Wednesday March 12th Eastcliffs

Wednesday March 5th Abbotsbury Beach

Wednesday February 27th Portland Harbour - Ferrybridge

Wednesday February 20th Portland Bill

Wednesday February 13th Portland Bill

Wednesday February 6th Rodden Hive

Wednesday January 30th Shepherd's Dinner

Wednesday January 23rd Bumper's Lane - Penn's Weare

Wednesday January 16th Portland Bill - Westcliffs

Wednesday January 9th Shepherd's Dinner

Wednesday January 2nd Hallelujah Bay

2007Wednesday December 26th Portland Harbour

Wednesday December 19th Pirates Bay, Wyke Regis

Wednesday December 12th Bird Observatory to Westcliffs

Wednesday December 5th Eastcliffs from Southwell

Wednesday November 28th Eastcliffs from the Bill

Wednesday November 21st Church Ope

Wednesday November 14th East Weares

Wednesday November 7th High Angle Battery - Incline Road

Wednesday October 31st Kingbarrow Quarry - Tilleycoombe

Wednesday October 24th Inmosthay - Easton

Wednesday October 17th Kingbarrow Quarry - Old Hill

Wednesday October 10th Independent Quarry - Kingbarrow Quarry

Wednesday October 3rd Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay

Wednesday September 19th Perryfields - Suckthumb Quarry

Wednesday September 12th Inmosthay - Jordan Quarry

Wednesday August 29th Tout Quarry

Wednesday August 22nd Independent Quarry

Wednesday August 15th Tout Quarry - Westcliffs

Wednesday August 1st Redoubt - Kingbarrow Quarry

Wednesday July 25th Verne Common

Wednesday July 18th Broadcroft - Bumper's Lane - Shepherd's Dinner

Wednesday July 11th Church Ope - Southwell Landslip

Wednesday June 27th Tout Quarry

Wednesday June 13th Kingbarrow - High Angle Battery

Wednesday June 6th Old Hill - Kingbarrow

Wednesday May 30th Portland Bird Observatory - Portland Bill

Wednesday May 23rd Reap Lane - Topfields

Wednesday May 16th Church Ope - Grove Point

Wednesday May 2nd Admiralty Quarries - Verne Construction Railway

Wednesday April 25th Royal Naval Cemetery, The Verne

Wednesday April 18th Suckthumb Quarry - Freshwater Bay

Wednesday April 4th East Weares - King's Pier

Wednesday March 28th Yeolands - Broadcroft Quarry

Wednesday March 21st Tout Quarry

Wednesday March 14th Blacknor

Wednesday March 7th Admiralty Slopes to Portland Bill

Wednesday February 28th Kingbarrow Quarry to Tilleycoombe

Wednesday February 21st Portland Castle to Ham Beach

Wednesday February 7th Ferrybridge to Wyke Regis

Wednesday January 31st Sandsfoot Castle and Portland Harbour

2006 Wednesday December 27th Westcliffs to Blacknor

Wednesday December 20th Barleycrates Lane & Westcliffs

Wednesday December 13th Merchant's Railway & Portland Harbour

Wednesday December 6th Chesil Beach & Portland Harbour

Wednesday November 29th Eastcliffs at Freshwater Bay, Southwell

Wednesday November 15th Portland Bill

Wednesday November 8th Ferrybridge - Portland Harbour

Wednesday November 1st Kingbarrow Quarry - Admiralty Quarry

Wednesday October 25th Grove Point - Folly Pier - Tidal Pools

Wednesday October 11th Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay

List of species seen

2008
Wednesday August 6th
Tout Quarry

Wednesday July 30th
Verne

Wednesday July 23rd
Kingbarrow - High Angle Battery

Wednesday July 2nd
Admiralty Quarries

Wednesday June 18th
Southwell Landslip

Wednesday June 11th
Kingbarrow & Admiralty Quarries

Wednesday June 4th
Eastcliffs Coastal Strip

Wednesday May 14th
Blacknor - Tout Quarry

Wednesday April 30th
Portland Bill

Wednesday April 23rd
Penn Weare

Wednesday April 9th
Portland Bill

Wednesday April 2nd
Church Ope Cove

Wednesday March 26th
Barleycrates Lane - Topfields

Wednesday March 19th
Wyke Bridging Camp

Wednesday March 12th
Eastcliffs

Wednesday March 5th
Abbotsbury Beach

Wednesday February 27th
Portland Harbour - Ferrybridge

Wednesday February 20th
Portland Bill

Wednesday February 13th
Portland Bill

Wednesday February 6th
Rodden Hive

Wednesday January 30th
Shepherd's Dinner

Wednesday January 23rd
Bumper's Lane - Penn's Weare

Wednesday January 16th
Portland Bill - Westcliffs

Wednesday January 9th
Shepherd's Dinner

Wednesday January 2nd
Hallelujah Bay

2007
Wednesday December 26th
Portland Harbour

Wednesday December 19th
Pirates Bay, Wyke Regis

Wednesday December 12th
Bird Observatory to Westcliffs

Wednesday December 5th
Eastcliffs from Southwell

Wednesday November 28th
Eastcliffs from the Bill

Wednesday November 21st
Church Ope

Wednesday November 14th
East Weares

Wednesday November 7th
High Angle Battery - Incline Road

Wednesday October 31st
Kingbarrow Quarry - Tilleycoombe

Wednesday October 24th
Inmosthay - Easton

Wednesday October 17th
Kingbarrow Quarry - Old Hill

Wednesday October 10th
Independent Quarry - Kingbarrow Quarry

Wednesday October 3rd
Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay

Wednesday September 19th
Perryfields - Suckthumb Quarry

Wednesday September 12th
Inmosthay - Jordan Quarry

Wednesday August 29th
Tout Quarry

Wednesday August 22nd
Independent Quarry

Wednesday August 15th
Tout Quarry - Westcliffs

Wednesday August 1st
Redoubt - Kingbarrow Quarry

Wednesday July 25th
Verne Common

Wednesday July 18th
Broadcroft - Bumper's Lane - Shepherd's Dinner

Wednesday July 11th
Church Ope - Southwell Landslip

Wednesday June 27th
Tout Quarry

Wednesday June 13th
Kingbarrow - High Angle Battery

Wednesday June 6th
Old Hill - Kingbarrow

Wednesday May 30th
Portland Bird Observatory - Portland Bill

Wednesday May 23rd
Reap Lane - Topfields

Wednesday May 16th
Church Ope - Grove Point

Wednesday May 2nd
Admiralty Quarries - Verne Construction Railway

Wednesday April 25th
Royal Naval Cemetery, The Verne

Wednesday April 18th
Suckthumb Quarry - Freshwater Bay

Wednesday April 4th
East Weares - King's Pier

Wednesday March 28th
Yeolands - Broadcroft Quarry

Wednesday March 21st
Tout Quarry

Wednesday March 14th
Blacknor

Wednesday March 7th
Admiralty Slopes to Portland Bill

Wednesday February 28th
Kingbarrow Quarry to Tilleycoombe

Wednesday February 21st
Portland Castle to Ham Beach

Wednesday February 7th
Ferrybridge to Wyke Regis

Wednesday January 31st
Sandsfoot Castle and Portland Harbour

2006
Wednesday December 27th
Westcliffs to Blacknor

Wednesday December 20th
Barleycrates Lane & Westcliffs

Wednesday December 13th
Merchant's Railway & Portland Harbour

Wednesday December 6th
Chesil Beach & Portland Harbour

Wednesday November 29th
Eastcliffs at Freshwater Bay, Southwell

Wednesday November 15th
Portland Bill

Wednesday November 8th
Ferrybridge - Portland Harbour

Wednesday November 1st
Kingbarrow Quarry - Admiralty Quarry

Wednesday October 25th
Grove Point - Folly Pier - Tidal Pools

Wednesday October 11th
Chiswell - Hallelujah Bay