After a busy day shopping in Weymouth and I had a walk around the Buddleia Loop at Radipole to get some fresh air. And believe me there was plenty of it, as the temperature is still in the low single figures. Brrr weather.
Just a a few highlights, with at least 7 Chiffchaffs and a lone Willow Warbler singing.
Birds Recorded:
1 Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
1 Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Moorhen
Coot
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Cetti's Warbler (lots)
8+ Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
1 Bearded Tit
2 Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
A pair of Mute Swans bonding.
A Dunnock.
And of course everyone's favourite, a Robin.
One of the many Chiffchaffs singing on the reserve.
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Ted:
Ted watching the Mallards.