Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Church Ope Cove Wood, Penn's Weare and Penn's Copse
Eventually after hours of non-stop rain, the clouds finally moved away, to leave a sunny but very windy day. Main highlight was a Common Seal just 30 metres or so off the shoreline at Church Ope Cove. I have seen them at Balaclava Bay and offshore along West Weare's, but this was my first off the beach here.
Mammals Recorded:
Common Seal
Eventually after hours of non-stop rain, the clouds finally moved away, to leave a sunny but very windy day. Main highlight was a Common Seal just 30 metres or so off the shoreline at Church Ope Cove. I have seen them at Balaclava Bay and offshore along West Weare's, but this was my first off the beach here.
Mammals Recorded:
Common Seal
It was a bit of a surprise today to see........
.........this Common Seal about 30 metres off the beach.
A Common Seal at Church Ope Cove today.
Birds Recorded:
1 Fulmar
3 Gannet
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Goldfinch
A Fulmar flying up and down Portland's east coast line
A lot further out to sea a Gannet.
Large White
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded:
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Ted:
Ted on Penn's Weare
Looks like he's spotted something. Maybe the seal has caught his eye.
Later he was up on the wall at St Andrew's Church
This is the Bahamian Passenger Ship "Disney Magic" returning to Southampton. More on this vessel Here.