A very hungry juvenile Blue Tit.
Common Carder Bee
Portland Harbour
Another trip into Weymouth and a quick stop at Billy Winters restaurant in the Ferry Bridge Boatyard. And the first bird I spotted was a Little Tern feeding in the shallows, just off the beach in Portland Harbour. Great views of this small tern.
Also about the Carrion Crows nest in the CCTV gantry, but it looks like we just missed the 3 juveniles fledging; would have made for a great photo. And a Little Egret feeding close to the waters edge by the bridge.
Along the path adjacent Portland Road a Large Skipper and several male Swollen-thighed Beetles (Oedemera nobilis).
The beach at Portland Harbour
A Little Tern.........
........a very elegant and dainty tern.
The crows nest.........
....sadly abandoned. There were 3 juveniles......
.....but all we could find was this adult close by but no sign of the fledglings.
Male Swollen-thighed Beetles
A Large Skipper
Radipole Reserve
As we crossed over the bridge there were Tufted Duck, Cormorants, Mute Swans, Herring Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a Great Crested Grebe.
Freshwater Bay
Great views this evening, with the binoculars from Rufus Castle, of both Manx and Sooty Shearwater out to sea. The latter being a lifer for me. Amazing how low they fly to surface, with those long stretched wings. Also about a Gannet, a Great Black-backed Gull and quite a few Herring Gulls.
The Arch at Rufus Castle
The view looking east from Rufus Castle
A Rock Dove! Alas not just a feral pigeon which has a prominent cere which is what you would find in a "domestic" bird. The 'purest' Rock Doves in Britain can be found on the coast of north-west Scotland.
A record shot of a Gannet passing by. Sadly the Sooty and Manx Shearwaters were just beyond the range of my camera. Next time!
A Great Black-backed Gull and it is really black.
On the way back home I came across this Pied Wagtail collecting food for youngsters close-by in the quarry behind the Cottage.