Portland Heights Special Interest Breaks Species List 18 – 20 July 2008
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Birds: 62 species
Little Grebe
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Mute Swan
Tufted Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Common Scoter
Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine
Hobby
Pheasant
Coot
Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Guillemot
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Little Owl
Swift
Skylark
Swallow
House Martin
Sand Martin
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Stonechat
Blackbird
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Marsh Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Linnet
Yellowhammer
Butterflies: 26 species
Large Skipper
Small Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
Small White
Large White
Green-veined White
Clouded Yellow
Common Blue
Silver-studded Blue
Small Blue
Chalkhill Blue
Small Copper
Red Admiral
Peacock
Painted Lady
Comma
Small Tortoiseshell
Dark Green Fritillary
Marbled White
Small Heath
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Speckled Wood
Ringlet
Grayling
Wall
Moths: 38 species
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brown-line Bright-eye
Brown-tail
Buff Ermine
Chalk Carpet
Cinnabar
Clay
Common Footman
Common Rustic
Common Wainscot
Crescent Dart
Dark Arches
Drinker
Dusky Sallow
Early Thorn
Eyed Hawk-moth
Gallium Carpet
Garden Tiger
Heart and Dart
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Kent Black Arches
Knotgrass
L-album Wainscot
Lackey
Large Yellow Underwing
Oak Eggar
Poplar Hawk-moth
Rosy Minor
Ruby Tiger
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Silver Y
Six-spot Burnet
Smoky Wainscot
Swallowtail
The Rustic
The Spectacle
Thistle Ermine
True Lovers Knot
Dragonflies: 2 species
Beautiful Demoiselle
Emperor
Other insects:
Grey Bush-cricket
Roesel’s Bush-cricket
Meadow Grasshopper
Rose Chafer
Thick-kneed Beetle
Bloody-nosed Beetle
Crab Spider
Reptiles:
Wall Lizard
Mammals:
Rabbit
Fish:
Brown Trout
Portland Heights Special Interest Breaks Plant List 18 – 20 July 2008
Bedstraw Family:
Lady's Bedstraw
Squinancywort
Wild Madder
Bellflower Family:
Harebell
Beech Family:
Beech
Pedunculate Oak
Bindweed Family:
Bellbine
Field Bindweed
Birch Family:
Alder (RL, WH)
Borage Family:
Comfrey
Viper's Bugloss
Forgetmenot
Broomrape Family:
Ivy Broomrape
Buckthorn Family:
Alder Buckthorn
Buddleia Family:
Buddleia
Buttercup Family:
Clematis
Water Crowfoot
Cabbage Family:
Annual Wall Rocket
Wallflower
Wild Radish
Carrot Family:
Alexanders
Burnet Saxifrage
Carrot
Cow Parsley
Fennel
Hemlock
Hogweed
Pignut
Rock Samphire
Upright Hedge Parsley
Water Dropwort
Wild Parsnip
Daisy Family:
Autumn Hawkbit
Bristly Ox-tongue
Black Knapweed
Blue Fleabane
Brown Knapweed
Burdock
Carline Thistle
Common Ragwort
Creeping Thistle
Goatsbeard
Golden Samphire
Greater Knapweed
Hawkweed Ox-tongue
Hemp Agrimony
Hoary Ragwort
Marsh Ragwort
Marsh Thistle Mugwort
Musk Thistle
Oxeye Daisy
Pineapple Weed
Ploughman's Spikenard
Rough Hawkbit
Saw-wort
Sea Mayweed
Slender Thistle
Smooth Hawksbeard
Spear Thistle
Stemless Thistle
Winter Heliotrope
Wormwood
Yarrow
Dogwood Family:
Dogwood
Elm Family:
Wych Elm
Fern Family:
Bracken
Hart's Tongue Fern
Maidenhair Fern
Male Fern
Sea Spleenwort
Wall Rue
Fig Family:
Fig
Figwort Family:
Common Figwort
Common Mullein
Common Toadflax
Broad-leaved Eyebright
Eyebright
Red Bartsia
Water Figwort
Gentian Family:
Autumn Gentian
Common Centaury
Yellow-wort
Geranium Family:
Pyrenean Cranesbill
Grass Family:
Cats-tail
Downy Oat-grass
False Brome
False Oat-grass
Meadow Barley
Quaking Grass
Red Fescue
Tall Fescue
Timothy (BW)
Wall Barley
Yorkshire Fog
Hazel Family:
Hazel
Honeysuckle Family:
Elder
Honeysuckle
Wayfaring Tree
Iris Family:
Stinking Iris
Ivy Family:
Ivy
Lily Family:
Field Garlic
Mallow Family:
Common Mallow
Tree Mallow
Mignonette Family:
Weld
Milkwort Family:
Common Milkwort
Mint Family:
Betony
Hedge Woundwort
Marsh Woundwort
Marjoram
Self-heal
Thyme
Water Mint
Wild Clary
Wood Sage
Nettle Family:
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Stinging Nettle
Olive Family:
Ash
Wild Privet
Orchid Family:
Bee Orchid
Pyramidal Orchid
Pea Family:
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Black Medick
European Gorse
Hop Trefoil
Horseshoe Vetch
Kidney Vetch
Meadow Vetchling
Red Clover
Restharrow
Tall Melilot
Tufted Vetch
White Clover
Pink Family:
Red Campion
Plantain Family:
Buck’s-horn Plantain
Greater Plantain
Ribwort Plantain
Sea Plantain
Poppy Family:
Field Poppy
Primrose Family:
Scarlet Pimpernel
Rose Family:
Agrimony
Apple
Blackthorn
Bramble
Burnet Rose
Entire-leaved Cotoneaster
Hawthorn
Himalayan Cotoneaster
Meadowsweet
Sea-Lavender Family:
Rock Sea Lavender
Sedge Family:
Pendulous Sedge
Spindle Tree Family:
Spindle Tree
Spurge Family:
Portland Spurge
Sun Spurge
Wood Spurge
Stonecrop Family:
Rock Stonecrop
Wall Pennywort
White Stonecrop
Teasel Family:
Field Scabious
Small Scabious
Teasel
Valerian Family:
Common Valerian Red Valerian
Verbena Family:
Vervain
Willowherb Family:
Great Hairy Willowherb
Purple Loosestrife
Rosebay Willowherb