Having dropped Benji and Ted off at the "Barbers", I returned to Portland and headed off to the Bill to see if any of the 7 Wrynecks, seen here over the past week or so, were still around. Guess what, yep they had all gone. Not only that, as soon as I had left the Obs it started to rain, so it was back off home to get some waterproofs. Needless to say, when I returned it had stopped raining.
Not a good start, but there were still some good birds to be seen, before I headed back to Weymouth, to pick the pooches up.
Birds Recorded:
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Oystercatcher
2 large wader sps
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Little Owl
House Martin
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Pied Wagtail
7 Yellow Wagtail
Robin
1 Whinchat
10+ Wheatear
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
Kestrel
Oystercatcher
2 large wader sps
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Little Owl
House Martin
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Pied Wagtail
7 Yellow Wagtail
Robin
1 Whinchat
10+ Wheatear
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A Kestrel by the Observatory
A Little Owl in the Obs Quarry
Juvenile Pied Wagtail at The Bill
A Wheatear close to the Lighthouse
Song Thrush in the Obs Quarry
Large White
Small White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
A Meadow Brown on a Valerian.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Large Wasp Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum cautum)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Large Wasp Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum cautum)
General Shots:
The Pulpit