Birdwatching at The Casterbridge, Dorchester, Dorset

Birds on the Dorchester Loop

December 2009 (7 records, by date)	03	11	14	19	22	25	27	Days recorded
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor	15	13	14	13	16	14	16	7
Greater Canada Goose - Branta canadensis	56	62	86	29	59	61	81	7
Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
03: On flooded field
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos	61	7	108	127	117	164	124	7
Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus	1	3	1	0	2	1	0	5
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo	2	1	3	3	1	0	0	5
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta A	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo	1	3	2	3	4	2	2	7
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus	4	3	4	2	1	7	6	7
Common Coot - Fulica atra	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	1
Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus	0	11	0	100	100	80	50	5
Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago	0	2	0	7	3	0	0	3
Black - headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	230	70	76	40	63	61	80	7
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus	19	24	15	15	33	25	12	7
Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus	28	46	31	77	95	65	64	7
Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto	11	10	22	5	12	9	4	7
Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	5
Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis	20	0	0	5	7	12	0	4
Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea	3	2	3	1	0	2	1	6
White/Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba	1	1	0	1	2	2	11	6
Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes	5	6	9	3	9	5	3	7
Hedge Accentor - Prunella modularis	11	4	12	4	8	10	5	7
European Robin - Erithacus rubecula	9	8	9	8	14	7	9	7
Stonechat - Saxicola torquatus	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Common Blackbird - Turdus merula	22	18	28	36	48	40	36	7
Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	2
Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos	1	1	0	3	10	6	10	6
Redwing - Turdus iliacus	0	0	10	12	25	12	4	5
Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Long - tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus	1	2	14	0	7	7	4	6
Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus	5	2	6	7	8	10	11	7
Great Tit - Parus major	5	12	6	4	8	16	11	7
Coal Tit - Periparus ater	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nuthatch (Wood Nuthatch) - Sitta europaea	0	1	3	1	2	2	3	6
Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Black - billed Magpie - Pica pica	2	3	2	0	2	2	1	6
Eurasian Jackdaw - Corvus monedula	42	35	15	16	49	26	36	7
Rook - Corvus frugilegus	76	17	25	22	72	74	93	7
Carrion Crow - Corvus corone	5	3	7	2	5	9	4	7
Common Raven - Corvus corax	2	2	6	0	0	0	1	4
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris	57	11	12	15	137	75	83	7
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus	14	21	17	13	18	11	23	7
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs	7	11	27	6	8	12	6	7
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris	4	4	14	11	10	15	2	7
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis	16	7	23	24	4	2	8	7
Common Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
53 species