Portland Museum, Rufus Castle, Penn's Copse, Penn's Weare and Church Ope Cove
A huge difference from yesterday, in that the sea was a lot calmer with the wind coming from a more westerly direction. Unfortunately that meant a barren seawatch, without a single Gannet, Razorbill or Guillemot seen.
At least the beach had a bit more to offer and today there were 5 Rock Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail and 3 Wrens all feeding in amongst the rocks, large pebbles and washed-up crab pots.
A huge difference from yesterday, in that the sea was a lot calmer with the wind coming from a more westerly direction. Unfortunately that meant a barren seawatch, without a single Gannet, Razorbill or Guillemot seen.
At least the beach had a bit more to offer and today there were 5 Rock Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail and 3 Wrens all feeding in amongst the rocks, large pebbles and washed-up crab pots.
On the way back a single Siskin overhead.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
Here are a few images and videos from today:
Every now and then the skies darkened and being so cold, there was also that chance of a wintry shower.
The sea was pretty quiet today, but fortunately this Grey Wagtail was great entertainment as it.......
........bombed around the pebbles catching flies.
At times it was hard to keep up.
There's certainly a lot of flies for this Grey Wagtail to feed on.
Such a busy bird I though I'd slow it down a bit
And it wasn't just the Grey Wagtail here, but also these Rock Pipits.
In fact there were 5 today, which is a big improvement as there have been so few here this Winter.
These 3 Rock Pipits are working the beach together. Good team work
A Wren "trapped" in a Crab pot. Surely not.............
............Nope he's free to come and go, and it appears there are plenty of insects for him as well.
And he's off.
Lots of empty Whelk egg cases on the beach.
Ted's on a mission. The nose is a twitching and he's on the trail of something. Whatever it is he's off to find it.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, 5 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, 1 Siskin and Goldfinch
Ships Today
This is the Liberian Container Ship "Em Kea", on its way from Antwerp to Montreal (Canada). More on this vessel Here.
This is the Vehicles Carrier "Glovis Caravel" flying the flag of the Bahamas. It is on its way from Malmo (Sweden) to Brixham. More on this vessel Here.
As a footnote, thank you to my good friend Ed Wilson who came across the reason why there are so many ships just holding up outside our UK Ports and not going anywhere. The article is Here.
