Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay
Main highlight was watching a Grey Seal by the middle centre breakwater.
Mind you, it could have been worse, as earlier we were hit by 3 huge rogue waves that sent everything crashing and gave us all a bit of a fright.
On the bird front there was actually quite a lot going on, with the following birds noted: 1 Gannet in Portland Harbour, Cormorant, Shag, Oystercatcher, 7 Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Rock Pipit and Carrion Crow
This Grey Seal was resting on a submerged rock by the middle breakwater.
It sat there for a good 40 minutes whilst we were fishing close by and then swam off into Portland Harbour.
Here are a couple of videos of the Grey Seal, taken on a rocking boat.
A Shag
An immature Common Tern on the Portland Marina breakwater.
Summer was back today, with wall to wall blue skies. There was still a bit of a breeze, but at least it was fairly warm.
Some good highlights with a Hummingbird Hawk-moth in the Easton Railway Cuttings, 2 Wall Browns in the Perryfields butterfly reserve and 2 Physocephala rufipes, Thick-headed Flies.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
One of the 2 Wall Browns at Perryfields Butterfly reserve
A male Common Blue
And a female Common Blue
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth resting up on the wall at Easton Railway Cuttings
One of the many Garden Grass-veneers in Wakeham Meadow
The Sycamores were alive with Sycamore Piercers along the Wakeham Railway Cuttings.
This large andrena bee is a Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)
This Thick-headed Fly (Physocephala rufipes) was.........
........in Wakeham Meadow.
And this one in Perryfields Butterfly Reserve
Well I guess is The Footballer hoverfly, but half the size!!
A 7-Spot Ladybird
Yes I can see you.
And despite the heat, Ted does like to have a Buzz
Birds Recorded: 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, House Martin, Swallow, Dunnock, Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, 2 Wall Brown, 1 Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, 2 Marbled White, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Blue, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum), Garden Grass-veneers (Chrysoteuchia culmella), Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) and Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) and Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)
Wasps Recorded: Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: 2 Thick-headed Fly (Physocephala rufipes)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) and Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
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