Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve and Lower Horse Paddock.
What a weird day, which started off with thick fog and cleared by the afternoon, but only 200-300 metres inland. With the centre of the island nice sunny, it was a different story along Portland's coastline, which remained fogbound all day long.
The main highlights this afternoon was a male Common Redstart I stumbled upon in the fog along the old railway track. Other highlights were several Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers again, with quite a few singing.
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was in Broadcroft Quarry Lane, but I couldn't see if it was a male or female.
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Common Redstart
Blackbird
Song Thrush
4 Chiffchaff
3 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
What a weird day, which started off with thick fog and cleared by the afternoon, but only 200-300 metres inland. With the centre of the island nice sunny, it was a different story along Portland's coastline, which remained fogbound all day long.
The main highlights this afternoon was a male Common Redstart I stumbled upon in the fog along the old railway track. Other highlights were several Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers again, with quite a few singing.
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was in Broadcroft Quarry Lane, but I couldn't see if it was a male or female.
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Common Redstart
Blackbird
Song Thrush
4 Chiffchaff
3 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
The sea fog was just rolling in onto the old railway track and then......
.......as I was walking into it a male Common Redstart flew up off the ground and landed on a bramble bush.
As I got a bit closer it flew off again into the fog.
Yet again there was a mixture of Chiffchaffs and.........
.............Willow Warblers today, with most of them singing.
A ringed Goldfinch.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Small White
2 Speckled Wood
A Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana)
Sweat Bee sp.
A Honey Bee
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Common Carder Bumblebee
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
A Gooden's Nomad Bee in the same location I saw it yesterday
A Sweat bee sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
A Dead Head Hoverfly
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
All the Yellow Dung Flies I have seen recently have all been females.
Plants:
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Pink Wood Sorrel (Oxalis articulata)Spring Starflowers (Tristagma uniflorum)
This is one of the Oxalis's and is the member of the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae, of which there are over 550 species.
From what I have found out, these are Spring Starflowers, Tristagma uniflorum (formerly: Ipheion uniflorum) More on this flower Here.
Ted:
Lots more Cowslips out in flower today
This one is Pink Wood Sorrel. Also known as Oxalis Strawberry (Oxalis articulata)
General Video:
Wait for it and make sure you haven't got the volume set to high for the foghorn at The Bill
Ted has just seen a bunny at the top of the bund and is off.
Too late Ted and then.............
.............he's sees another one and off........
.............he goes again.
Brakes on as he realises he's missed that one as well.