Bird AlbumUnited Kingdom · England
Portland Bill
285 species and 49,802 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lodmoor RSPB Reserve13 km229 species
- Arne RSPB Reserve35 km193 species
- Lytchett Fields RSPB Reserve37 km181 species
- Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR62 km185 species
- Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes LNR68 km231 species
- Ham Wall RSPB Reserve74 km195 species
All 285 species recorded here
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Great Tit Parus major
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Portland Bill?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Portland Bill?
285 species, from 49,802 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Portland Bill in November?
The most recorded in November: European Rock Pipit, Northern Gannet, European Shag, European Herring Gull and Common Kestrel.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.