Same walk as yesterday, still sunny but a bit of a breeze today.
Main highlight was watching 3 Peregrine Falcons, with 2 dive bombing a Buzzard as it passed over the lane.
In fact it was a good day for raptors with another 2 Buzzards seen, a Kestrel hovering over the reserve and a Sparrowhawk which narrowly missed a Starling which was sat with 20 others on the brambles in the lower horse paddock.
Here are a few images from this morning:
One of the 3 Peregrines over Wakeham this morning.
Yesterday I had an adult Starling in Winter colours. This morning.....................
.................. I came across these juvenile Starling going through their moult as well.
A juvenile Linnet. Looks like someone has put a ring on its leg.
A very pretty butterfly. A male Common Blue.
Quite a few Small Heaths about as well.
Mammals Recorded: Bunny
Birds Recorded: 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 3 Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Skylark, Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Common Blue
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Wasps Recorded: Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Flies Recorded: Grass Fly (Thaumatomyia notata)
Ships Today
This is the Passenger Ship "Jewel Of The Seas" flying the flag of the Bahamas. It is just doing a circuit in the English Channel, before returning to Weymouth Bay. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Container Ship "Hyundai Tacoma" flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. It is on its way from Rotterdam to the Suez Canal. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Maltese Cargo Ship "Palatine" on its way from Rotterdam to Dublin. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Maltese Tanker "Songa Crystal" on its way from Kiel (Denmark) to Stanlow. More on this vessel Here.
This is the British Buoy-Laying Vessel "Patricia" on its way from Harwich to "Crow Sound via Portland. More on this vessel Here.