Another good walk this morning with the main highlights being a Ring Ouzel in Penns Weare (below The Cuttings) and Firecrest at the top of Penns Wood.
Wakeham Wood: 3 Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcap. Also 3 Siskin overhead
Penns Wood: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest and a Firecrest
Church Ope Cove: 45 Rock Pipit (My highest ever count here in 2 years). Out to sea a feeding frenzy with Gannets, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Kittiwake all participating.
Penns Weare: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Ring Ouzel and a Buzzard
Bumpers Lane: 1 Chiffchaff
Broadcroft Quarry Lane: 1 Chiffchaff
Lower Horse Paddock: 15 Meadow Pipit and 4 Linnet
Here are a few images from this morning:
Fewer Chiffchaffs today in Wakeham Wood, but there have never been less than 3 for the past 4 weeks or so.
Also in the wood a Hornet Mimic Hoverfly
On the Ivy 2 Ivy Bees.
Still lots of Harlequin Ladybirds about. This the form succinea and I think he is.........
........camera shy.
Another Harlequin ladybird..........
............this is also the form succinea with fewer spots.
And the form spectabilis. More on Ladybirds Here.
This an Orange Muscid Fly
Church Ope Cove
Common Wasps
Dead Head Hoverfly
At the cove there is still quite a surf crashing onto the beach.
My best ever count of Rock Pipits here today........
............with 45 recorded. My previous best was.........
..........42. They were everywhere today on the beach and on the cliff face.
A Rock Pipit on the beach with millions of Kelp Flies for company.
In Penns Weare I couldn't photograph the Ring Ouzel I found there.........
..........but this Common Buzzard was more than happy to pose for me.
Mammals Recorded: Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded: Gannet, Buzzard, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kittiwake, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Skylark, 20+ House Martin, 100+ Swallow, Meadow Pipit, 45 Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Ring Ouzel, 2 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, 20+ Linnet, 3 Siskin, Goldfinch and 2 Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Speckled Wood and Red Admiral
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: 1 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), 1 Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida) and Orange Muscid Fly (Phaonia pallida)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis, 10 form succinea and 4 form spectabilis)
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis), Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa) and Heath Snail (Helicella itala)
Ships Today
This is the Korean vehicles carrier "Glovis Condor" just off the southern tip of Portland.........
..........It is on its way from Antwerp, Belgium to Port Said, Egypt. More on this vessel Here.
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2018Today's Sightings Here.
2017
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