Hurrah!!!! At long last the rain stopped and having been stuck indoors for the past 2 days, it was good to get out.
Main highlight was a Great Spotted Woodpecker heading towards Easton. Other highlights were 8 Chiffchaffs and 5 Blackcaps noted on my walk, with 3 of the Blackcaps and 4 Chiffchaffs found along the Wakeham Railway Cuttings.
At the cove the sea was pretty rough, but it did mean a few sea birds were in close, including 20+ Gannets, a Common Gull and a nice surprise was two Mediterranean Gulls heading down the coast.
Birds Recorded:
20+ Gannet
6 Cormorant
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
5 Blackcap
8 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
An immature Gannet. One of many along Portland's east coast.
And there were quite a few Cormorants as well.
Mediterranean Gull in slow-motion
1 Red Admiral
Just the one butterfly seen today, this Red Admiral at the cove
Moths Recorded:
A moth sp.
I will check, but just run out of time to research it. Perhaps a Carpet moth!!
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Just one bumblebee seen today as well. This is a Buff-tailed Bumblebee.
wasps sp.
Ichneumon Wasps and Bugs Recorded:
Ichneumon sp
bug sp.
Top an Ichneumon wasp sp. maybe. And a bug on the leaf below
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Black Slug (Arion ater)
A brown coloured Slug sp.
A Black Slug (Arion ater)
I guess this brown-coloured slug is another Black Slug (Arion ater)
General Shots:
Church Ope Cove and a lot of.........
...........seaweed has been washed up.
A few photos of Ted enjoying his walk.
And here he is at Rufus Castle checking out Penn's Weare below.