RSPB Radipole Lake and Swannery Car Park
It was a morning spent in Weymouth doing a bit of shopping and then followed by a quick pit stop in the Swannery Car Park and a short walk into the reserve.
Main highlights were the overwintering drake and duck Goldeneyes, which as far I could make out are both 1st year birds and very independent to each other.
I also saw came across my first "Port and Wey" Lesser Black-backed Gull for the year with an adult in the car park.
There were also two lone Stonechats, a male and female, which were a good 200 metres or so apart.
Birds Recorded:
Little Grebe
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
2 Goldeneye
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Feral Pigeon
Racing Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
Blackbird
4 Cetti's Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
It was a morning spent in Weymouth doing a bit of shopping and then followed by a quick pit stop in the Swannery Car Park and a short walk into the reserve.
Main highlights were the overwintering drake and duck Goldeneyes, which as far I could make out are both 1st year birds and very independent to each other.
I also saw came across my first "Port and Wey" Lesser Black-backed Gull for the year with an adult in the car park.
There were also two lone Stonechats, a male and female, which were a good 200 metres or so apart.
Birds Recorded:
Little Grebe
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
2 Goldeneye
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Feral Pigeon
Racing Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
Blackbird
4 Cetti's Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
A drake Shelduck. The female was close by.
A 1st year drake Goldeneye
A 1st year duck Goldeneye
And adult Black-headed Gull comes into land
Two 1st Winter Black-headed Gulls.
An adult Mediterranean Gull.
This Med Gull has a bit of an itch.
Standing "over" the Black-headed Gulls is this adult Lesser Black-backed Gull.
A Black-headed Gull comes into land with a Common Gull to its left and another Black-headed Gull to its right.