Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church Grounds, Church Ope Cove, Wakeham Railway Cuttings and Old Quarry Lane
Another murky day along with a fairly breezy south-westerly.
Sadly no highlights today. There was no sign of either the Yellow-browed Warbler or Chiffchaff in Penns Wood, and everywhere was eerily quiet.
The only real action was out to sea with dozens of Gannets, auks, gulls, Kittiwakes, Cormorants, Shags and a flock of around 15 Common Scoter, streaming back and forth over the Shambles Sandbank.
On the beach were 2 Pied Wagtails and a Rock Pipit. Yet again no sign of the Black Redstart.
Of interest though were 3 White-tailed Bumblebees and 2 hoverflies/flies on the Mahonia and Daisy respectively, at the top of Penns Wood.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
Another murky day along with a fairly breezy south-westerly.
Sadly no highlights today. There was no sign of either the Yellow-browed Warbler or Chiffchaff in Penns Wood, and everywhere was eerily quiet.
The only real action was out to sea with dozens of Gannets, auks, gulls, Kittiwakes, Cormorants, Shags and a flock of around 15 Common Scoter, streaming back and forth over the Shambles Sandbank.
On the beach were 2 Pied Wagtails and a Rock Pipit. Yet again no sign of the Black Redstart.
Of interest though were 3 White-tailed Bumblebees and 2 hoverflies/flies on the Mahonia and Daisy respectively, at the top of Penns Wood.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
Just the one Rock Pipit on the beach today.
And by the looks of it, its doing pretty well catching those Kelp Flies.
Also on the beach were an adult Pied Wagtail and this 1st winter bird.
One of the many Gannets flying up and down Portland's east coastline.
Here are another two making their way south.
2 Guillemots I think in Slo-mo
One of the 3 White-tailed Bumblebees on the Mahonia at the top of Penns Wood.
Ted in the grounds of St Andrew's Church.
Ted dodging the waves
Mammals Recorded: Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded: Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, 15 Common Scoter, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kittiwake, Razorbill/Guillemot, Wood Pigeon, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Bees Recorded: 3 White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: 2 hoverfly sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida) and fly sp.
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