A late morning walk along the coast path via the remains of the 13th Century Church above Church Ope Cove and then back home via Rufus Castle.
Lots of butterflies en route with Small Skipper, Marbled Whites, Ringlets, Meadow Browns, Peacock, Red Admiral and a Comma.
In the grounds of St Andrews Church there was also a Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, Volucella zonaria feeding on a Buddleia. Along the coast path lots of grasshoppers and a Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) which legged it before I could photograph it.
Bird highlights were a family of Spotted Flycatchers on the way down to St Andrews Church, both Chiffchaff and Common Whitethroat on the coast path, and a Common Buzzard overhead.
Birds recorded were: Buzzard, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch.
My walk this morning.
The remains of St Andrews Church which.............
.................dates back to Saxon times. More Here on this church which is Portland's oldest part-surviving building.
A rather tatty Red Admiral on a buddleia
Here we have a Meadow Brown.........
......and another.
A Ringlet
A Comma
And this is a Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, Volucella zonaria
Rufus Castle as seen from the coast path
A male Linnet............
.......this is the closest I have managed to get to one.
And a Common Buzzard