I had a quick call from Dawn this afternoon telling me that a Rosy Starling was on the The Mere, between Lerret Road and the Portland Beach Road Here. Despite getting down there within 15 minutes of her call, the flock of 30+ Starlings and the Rosy had moved on. A good scout along the Beach Road and Mereside Road, revealed a small flock of 15 Starlings but not "Rosy".
Around Mereside Road there were also 2 Black Redstarts and 4 Pied Wagtails.
Having dipped here I got back in the car and drove along the Beach Road towards Wyke Regis and around the mini roundabout and back to Lidl in the hope of picking up any Starling flock. Sadly not one was seen, so it was off to Portland Marina to check on our boat "Star".
In the marina there were 2 Shags and my first Great Northern Diver this Autumn. Annoyingly the larger gulls decided that there could be a free snack on the menu, if they dive bombed the Diver in attempt to force it to give up its catch. In the end it decided to move up against the Breakwater and out of sight.
Also noted here were a few Cormorants drying out there wings on the breakwater, a few Oystercatchers on the waters edge and a flock of around 40 Goldfinches heading north over the marina.
My first Great Northern Diver this Autumn.
And of course Ted. Not that sure he's too comfortable with the boat rocking about in the strong westerly.