Port and Wey: 27 Sep 19

Wakeham Wood

Well I didn't get far on my walk this morning as shower after shower whipped across Portland. Just when you thought the sun was about to come out, another heavy shower appeared.

At least the walk to the wood only took less than a minute and when the rain became to heavy to stay out, I was back home very quickly.

Highlights today were 5 Chiffchaff with 2 singing, 1 Blackcap and a party of 12 Meadow Pipits that passed overhead at treetop height.

Also in the wood: Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, 3 Robin, Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, House Sparrow and Chaffinch

One of the 5 Chiffchaff still here in Wakeham Wood.

Here another searches out insects in amongst the Ivy.

For a brief second the sun came out. Short-lived though!!

Despite the appalling weather, this Chiffchaff and another close by was "Singing in the Rain"

The Mere, Lerret Road

Late morning in the field Here were 30+ Pied Wagtails, 11 Meadow Pipits and 2 Yellow Wagtails. As hard as I tried I couldn't turn any of them into White Wagtails despite the different stages of moult between them.

The field here just off Lerret Road was full of wagtails this morning.

A Pied Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail

And the rear end of the second Yellow Wagtail

One of the 11 Meadow Pipits on the field.

Chesil Cove

With gale force winds blowing into the cove I was hoping to find something blown in, sadly all that was here were 5 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls and a pair of Pied Wagtails.