Just for a change I took Ted for a walk around The Bill, and it was a good call especially as I came across 9 Purple Sandpipers and a Kittiwake. The Kittiwake was sat on a rocky outcrop, just a few metres from the coast path. This has to be the the closest I have been to one, since I used to watch them at their nest site in Lowestoft many moons ago.
Mammals Recorded:
Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Shag
3 Kestrel
9 Purple Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Kittiwake
Wood Pigeon
Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
2 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Here are a few photos and videos of the 9 Purple Sandpipers by the Obelisk this afternoon
Ted:
In the foreground a Herring Gull, dwarfed by the Great Black-backed Gulls
And now for something different, a Kittiwake
This is an adult in Winter plumage.
And a short video of the Kittiwake before it flew off.
Close to the Obelisk was this Raven, its mate was close-by.
Ted in front of the lighthouse at Portland Bill
Ships Today
This is the fishing boat NN7 "Girl Jo" on its way back to Weymouth