Wakeham
Happy New Year to you all, especially Don and Ed, who visited my Blog just about every day last year. Thank you
My walk today will appear on here later.
Lower Horse Paddock, Bumpers Lane, Rufus Castle and Portland Museum
Well what a great start to 2021with the following birds recorded on my first walk of the year. The 29 species were: Gannet, 1 Great White Egret, Kestrel, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Razorbill, Guillemot, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, 15 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Stonechat, Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
However the highlight was watching a Great White Egret making its way down Portland's east coast. I did ring Martin Cade at the Portland Bird Observatory, but it didn't make it down there. Possibly it landed in the Top Fields or was simply doing a circuit of the island before heading back to the mainland.
Other than the expected birds, it was good to see that the pair of Stonechats were still in the Lower Horse Paddock.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
This male Stonechat was finding plenty of food in the Lower Horse paddock........
.......and was proving difficult to follow as well.
This is the female Stonechat in the allotments adjacent to the Horse paddock.
And who else but Ted flying through the air again. Go Ted go.
I'm convinced he thinks he's a mountain dog.
Ships Today
This is the Cypriot Container Ship "BG Jade" on its way from Cork to Rotterdam. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Cargo Ship "Kristin" flying the flag of Antigua Barbuda. It is on its way from Inverkeithing to Jorf Lasfar (Morocco). More on this vessel Here.