Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Lower Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve and Higher Horse Paddock
Oh dear, I was really caught out today with what I thought was a female Red-breasted Flycatcher. Having contacted Martin Cade, the warden at the Portland Bird Observatory, it transpired that it was in fact a Common Whitethroat. Really embarrassing, but thank you to Martin for playing it down.
So what were the highlights on yet another very warm day, well I guess it has to be the 11 or so Yellow Wagtails, still "loitering" in both the Lower and Higher Horse Paddocks.
Elsewhere were singles of Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher.
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swallow
10 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Oh dear, I was really caught out today with what I thought was a female Red-breasted Flycatcher. Having contacted Martin Cade, the warden at the Portland Bird Observatory, it transpired that it was in fact a Common Whitethroat. Really embarrassing, but thank you to Martin for playing it down.
So what were the highlights on yet another very warm day, well I guess it has to be the 11 or so Yellow Wagtails, still "loitering" in both the Lower and Higher Horse Paddocks.
Elsewhere were singles of Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher.
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swallow
10 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
1 Spotted Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
1 Spotted Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
One of the 11 or so Yellow Wagtails still in the horse paddocks.
Hmm. A Common Whitethroat. I'll leave it at that.
Large White
Small White
20+ Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
1 Small Tortoiseshell
Common Blue
The "blue" butterflies are looking very worn now. This is a female Common Blue.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
Plants:
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum)
This Hawthorn Bush has the most berries I think I have ever seen. The Winter Thrushes are going to have a field day.
This a Cuckoo Pint or Lords & Ladies as it is often called. A very poisonous plants.
Well we didn't get far. Just 100 metres from the house.
And then the Teds got their second wind