What a difference a day makes, yesterdays blue skies and windless conditions were replaced with strong southerlies and wall to wall cloud.
It certainly made bird watching difficult and the best I could do this afternoon were 2 Firecrests and a single Chiffchaff.
Today was more about raptors with a pair of Buzzards over East Weare and both Peregrine and Kestrel joining them. Elsewhere a Sparrowhawk and Kestrel over Bumpers Lane.
Only 1 winter thrush seen a Redwing making its way along East Weare.
Here are a few dismal images from a very dull day.
One of the two Common Buzzards along East Weare........
......and here's the other one
A Kestrel is also using a rocky outcrop as an observation platform.
The only bit of sun today out in the English Channel. If you blinked you missed it.
Birds recorded were: 1 Gannet, 2 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, 1 Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 2 Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Weymouth Bay - Naval Exercise
Note
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More on RFA Wave Knight Here and Here
A Merlin hovers above RFA Wave Knight
One of the ribs at the stern, while another waits to move in.
The first exercise is now over.
The Merlin returns to Portland Harbour.
This looks like exercise number 2 with a Chinook now involved.
And the 3 ribs again "attacking" the bow.
The Chinook having finished its exercise heads off inland.
The siege is underway.
A not very good video of part of the "siege". It was so windy I was having trouble holding the camera still.