It was another dreary day and apart from a brief glimpse of blue sky late afternoon, it remained just that, dreary. Only highlight was coming across 6 Blackbirds and a Song Thrush between Wakeham Meadow and the Cuttings. All of them it seemed, were feeding on cotoneaster berries.
The other highlight was 2 Goldcrests heard along my walk.
A first for me and a new addition to my Portland insect list was a Common Striped Woodlouse, I came across on Penn's Weare.
Mammals Recorded:
3 Grey Squirrels
One of 3 Grey Squirrels along the Cuttings. This one on a bird table in the grounds of the local Caravan Park.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Rock Pipit
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
6 Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
2 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A silhouette of a Common Buzzard
And following the same theme a silhouette of a Carrion Crow
Sandhoppers Recorded:
Talitrus saltator.
Woodlice Crustaceans Recorded:
Common Striped Woodlouse (Philoscia muscorum)
General Shots:
Ted:
Ted leading the charge down the steps to the beach
This is the Lithuanian Ro-Ro/Passenger Ship "Regina Seaways" on its way from Dunkirk to Rosslare. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Gibraltarian Cargo Ship "Green Pearl" on its way from Cherbourg (France) to Emden (Denmark), via Weymouth bay. More on this vessel Here.
This is the British Fishing Boat "Clar Innis NN732" just off Portland's east coast. More on this vessel Here.
This is the British Fishing Boat "Quarter Bell" returning to Weymouth Harbour. More on this vessel Here.
And an unidentified trawler over The Shambles.