And yet another visit to the "bump" to record the Chaffinch singing its unusual song. I did manage two recordings, but the camera on both occasions decided to focus on the branches just in front of it. I will be returning.
Main highlights other than the "aberrant" Chaffinch were several Swallows, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff and a Willow Warbler
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
7+ Swallow
1 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
5 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
3 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
A Wren above my head in good voice.
And here is the "aberrant" male Chaffinch and its most extraordinary song.
At long last a visual on the Chaffinch and its peculiar song, until the focussing went awry.
And the same again where the twigs messed up the focussing
Butterflies Recorded:
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
2 Wall Brown
1 Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
General Shots:
My neighbours garden shed up in flames.
The view from the "bump" looking south and before my neighbours garden shed went up in flames.
The white smoke is the start of the fire.
And then it really got going.....
.........billowing out plumes of black smoke which....
.......was seen and smelt across the middle of Portland.
A couple of videos of the smoke.......
..........pouring out of my neighbours garden
The Fire Service on site.
It didn't take long to put out, though it might take awhile to figure out how it started. At least nobody was hurt.
Ted:
Come on Ted you can do it.