2017 Year List - UK Bird

Total including Species Sub-species and Races for 2017 was:- 168

*Birds first seen in bold Red with dates

(Species of real interest in Pink)

Black-throated Diver - Portland Harbour - 3 Dec
Great Northern Diver - Portland Harbour -19 Nov
Great Crested Grebe - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Red-necked Grebe
Black-necked Grebe - Portland Harbour - 3 Dec
Little Grebe - Serpentine - 22 Jan
Fulmar - Portland - 9 Jun
Sooty Shearwater - Portland - 12 Jun
Manx Shearwater - Portland - 12 Jun
Balearic Shearwater - Portland Bill - 28 Jul
Storm Petrel - Portland Bill - 28 Jul
Leach's Petrel - Chesil Cove 21 Oct
Gannet - Portland - Feb
Cormorant - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Shag - Portland - 5 Jul
Great White Egret - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 8 Sep
Little Egret - Nythe Pool - 24 Jun
Cattle Egret - Roves Farm 1 Jan
Grey Heron - Roves Farm - 1 Jan
Bewick's Swan
Mute Swan - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Greylag Goose - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Dark-breasted Brent Goose - The Fleet - 24 Feb
Pale-breasted Brent Goose - The Fleet - 10 Oct
Canada Goose - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Shelduck - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Egyptian Goose - Hyde Park - 22 Jan
Mandarin
Mallard - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Gadwall - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Wigeon - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Teal - Lotmead Farm - 6 Feb
Pintail
Shoveler - Liden Lagoon - 5 Feb
Tufted Duck - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Greater Scaup
Common Scoter - Portland Bill - 3 Aug
Goldeneye - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Pochard - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan
Goosander - Liden Lagoon - 9 Jan
Red-breasted Merganser - Portland Harbour - 3 Nov
Smew
Red Kite - Highworth - 4 Jan
Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk - Nythe - 3 Jan
Goshawk
Buzzard - Folly Farm - 2 Jan
Peregrine Falcon - Nythe - 26 Mar
Hobby - Bumpers Lane - 17 Sep
Merlin - Chesil Beach - 21 Oct
Kestrel - Folly Farm - 2 Jan
Pheasant - Folly Farm - 2 Jan
Grey Partridge - Stonehenge - 24 Feb
Red-legged Partridge - Folly Farm - 7 Jan
Water Rail - Nythe Pool - 10 Jan
Moorhen - Nythe - 2 Jan
Coot - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Oystercatcher - The Fleet - 23 Mar
Avocet
Ringed Plover - The Fleet - 22 Jun
Little Ringed Plover - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 5 Sep
Golden Plover
Lapwing - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 8 Sep
Dunlin - The Fleet - 23 Mar
Sanderling - The Fleet - 3 Aug
Little Stint - Ferrybridge - 29 Sep
Least Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 8 Sep
Purple Sandpiper - The Bill - 12 Nov
Ruff
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Southwell - 13 Sep
Snipe - Wakeham - 13 Nov
Woodcock
Bar-tailed Godwit  - The Fleet - 13 Sep
Black-tailed Godwit - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 8 Sep
Curlew - The Fleet - 4 Aug
Whimbrel - Southwell - 20 Aug
Redshank - Southwell - 12 Aug
Green Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 8 Sep
Common Sandpiper - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Stilt Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB Reserve - 12 Sep
Turnstone - The Fleet - 3 Aug
Grey Phalarope - Chesil Cove - 15 Sep
Arctic Skua - The Bill - 28 Jul
Great Skua - The Bill - 7 Oct
Black-headed Gull - Nythe - 1 Jan
Mediterranean Gull - Radipole - 24 Feb
Herring Gull - Nythe - 1 Jan
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Nythe - 1 Jan
Great Black-backed Gull - Chesil Beach - 24 Feb
Common Gull - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Kittiwake - Portland Bill - 3 Aug
Common Tern - Radipole - 14 Jun
Little Tern - Portland Harbour - 12 Jun
Sandwich Tern - Weymouth Bay - 19 Jun
Guillemot - Portland - 5 Jul
Stock Dove - Lotmead Farm - 6 Feb
Wood Pigeon - Nythe - 1 Jan
Collared Dove - Nythe - 2 Jan
Ring-necked Parakeet - Hyde Park - 22 Jan
Cuckoo - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Little Owl - Kensington Gardens - 22 Jan
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl - Aldbourne - 7 Jan
Tawny Owl - Nythe - 8 Jan
Barn Owl - Barbury Castle - 19 Jan
Swift - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Kingfisher - Nythe Pool - 14 Jan
Hoopoe - Portland - 4 Sep
Green Woodpecker - Nythe - 2 Jan
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Nythe - 2 Jan
Wryneck - Portland - 6 Sep
Skylark - Lotmead Farm - 6 Feb
Sand Martin - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
House Martin - Clifton Hampden - 15 May
Swallow - Aldbourne - 14 Apr
Meadow Pipit - Folly Farm - 5 Jan
Rock Pipit - Chesil Beach - 24 Feb
Pied Wagtail - Roves Farm - 1 Jan
Grey Wagtail - Nythe - 2 Jan
Yellow Wagtail - Southwell - 20 Aug
Dunnock - Nythe - 1 Jan
Nightingale - Nythe Wood - 18 Apr
Robin - Nythe - 1 Jan
Stonechat - Aldbourne - 18 Jan
Whinchat - Portland Bill - 3 Aug
Common Redstart - Portland - 4 Sep
Black Redstart - Portland - 19 Oct
Wheatear - Chesil Beach - 11 Aug
Blue Rock Thrush - Stow-on-the-Wold - 5 Jan
Blackbird - Nythe - 1 Jan
Ring Ouzel - Southwell - 16 Sep
Fieldfare - Roves Farm - 1 Jan
Redwing - Roves Farm - 1 Jan
Song Thrush - Roves Farm - 1 Jan
Mistle Thrush - Folly Farm - 7 Jan
Reed Warbler - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Sedge Warbler - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Cetti's Warbler - Radipole - 1 Jun
Garden Warbler - Nythe Wood - 10 Apr
Common Whitethroat - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Lesser Whitethroat - Mouldon Hill - 1 May
Blackcap - Highworth - 4 Jan
Greenish Warbler - Portland Bird Observatory - 24 Sep
Siberian Chiffchaff - Portland - 24 Sep
Chiffchaff  - Park South - 16 Feb
Willow Warbler - Nythe - 1 Apr
Radde's Warbler - Wakeham - 25 Oct
Pallas's Warbler - Wakeham - 18 Nov
Yellow-browed Warbler - Pennsylvania Castle - 27 Sep
Goldcrest - Nythe - 2 Jan
Firecrest - Penn's Weare - 30 Sep
Red-breasted Flycatcher - Broadcroft Quarry - 16 Oct
Spotted Flycatcher - Uffington - 15 May
Bearded Reedling - Radipole - 30 May
Long-tailed Tit - Nythe - 2 Jan
Marsh Tit - Nythe Pool - 10 Jan
Willow Tit
Coal Tit - Nythe - 2 Jan
Great Tit - Nythe - 2 Jan
Blue Tit - Nythe - 1 Jan
Nuthatch
Treecreeper - Nythe Pool - 19 Jan
Wren - Nythe - 2 Jan
Dipper - Eldene - 9 Feb
Jay - Hyde Park 22 Jan
Magpie - Nythe - 1 Jan
Rook - Roves Farm - 1 Jan
Carrion Crow - Nythe - 1 Jan
Jackdaw - Farm Roves - 1 Jan
Raven - Folly Farm - 5 Jan
Starling - Nythe - 1 Jan
House Sparrow - Nythe - 1 Jan
Tree Sparrow
Brambling
Chaffinch - Liden Lagoon - 3 Jan
Lesser Redpoll - Broadcroft Quarry - 16 Oct
Linnet - Blunsdon - 1 Apr
Siskin - Nythe - 3 Jan
Goldfinch - Folly Farm - 2 Jan
Greenfinch - Liden Lagoon - 9 Jan
Serin - Church Ope Cove - 25 Jul
Bullfinch - Nythe - 2 Jan
Corn Bunting - Folly Farm - 5 Jan
Yellowhammer - Folly Farm - 2 Jan
Reed Bunting - CWP Pit 74 - 5 Jan

Escapees, Feral, Possibles etc.
Feral Pigeon - Nythe - 1 Jan