Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church Grounds, Church Ope Cove, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Higher Horse Paddock and Lower Horse Paddock.
Another disappointing day and only a couple of highlights, the first a Chiffchaff along Old Quarry Lane and 4 Redwing over the Butterfly Reserve.
At Church Ope Cove there was just 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Wrens and a White-tailed Bumblebee on the Hebes.
In the Lower Horse paddock there were 3 Bunnies, including the fawn coloured individual I came across in October last year as a juvenile.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
.............Great Black-backed Gull just off the cove.
Even Penns Wood was quiet, other than 4 Robins setting up their Winter quarters.
Even the Bunny on the left has a bit of light banding, though overall it is a grey/brown colour.
And there was a third Bunny in the Brambles.
And there are still Large White Butterfly caterpillars on the Nasturtium leaves behind the Alessandria Hotel.
And alongside the steps up to Rufus Castle, I found several Alexanders which had these odd looking "dots"
Maybe a leaf miner of some description.
Ted is on the lookout for the local Fox in Bumpers Lane Quarry.
And he wants them to know he can sense them.
Birds Recorded: 1 Buzzard, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, 15 Linnet and Goldfinch
Bees Recorded: 1 White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Butterfly Caterpillars Recorded: 1 Large White
Moth Caterpillars Recorded: Possibly one of the Leaf Miners
This is the Passenger Ship "Norwegian Bliss" flying the flag of the Bahamas. It is on its way back into Weymouth Bay, having just done a circuit west of Portland. More on this vessel Here.
Ships Today
