Well today I opted for a walk on Portland's west side, in the hope of coming across a Spotted Flycatcher. Along my route there were several places I have seen them before, but today there were none.
However I did find 2 female Pied Flycatchers at The Hump, where there was also a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff.
Other birds of note were 2 Swifts over the West Cliffs, a Sedge Warbler at Thumb Lane and a Wheatear close to Barleycrates Lane
Mammals Recorded:
Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
1 Gannet
1 Cormorant
Buzzard
2 Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
Skylark
This Grey Squirrel was absolutely flying through the trees, with two very annoyed Magpies in pursuit.
Birds Recorded:
1 Gannet
1 Cormorant
Buzzard
2 Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
Skylark
2 Swallow
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Wheatear
Blackbird
1 Sedge Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
2 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
This female Pied Flycatcher and another close by were busy catching insects in the Sycamores. This one has spotted something above.
Butterflies Recorded:
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Wall Brown
Speckled Wood
Peacock
Small Blue
Holly Blue
Common Blue
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Spiders Recorded:
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
General Shots:
Ted:
Aircraft Today:
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Wheatear
Blackbird
1 Sedge Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
2 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
A lone Gannet off Portland's west coastline
A pair of Oystercatchers.
A pair of Skylarks. The bird at the back has picked up a "red pellet". A fertilizer maybe!!
And in Weston where I parked up were these........
............Swallows on the telephone wires.
Just the one Wheatear seen. And a very distant one at that.
This male Blackbird was in excellent voice at Reap Lane Barns
A tilt of the head and then.........
..............head back.
False alarm.
A Carrion Crow keeps a wary eye on me and Ted as we walk along the coastal path.
A few juvenile Starlings and adults searching for insects in one of the horse paddocks along my walk.
A male Linnet
And another with a little less red on his chest.
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Wall Brown
Speckled Wood
Peacock
Small Blue
Holly Blue
Common Blue
A Speckled Wood
A female Holly Blue
A male Common Blue
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
A German Wasp in flight.
Same shot as above, but enlarged slightly.
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
A Dead Head Hoverfly
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
A Nursery Web Spider
General Shots:
The "Hump" at Avalanche Road
Ted:
Ted way up Barleycrates Lane.
Here he is again leading me into wood at the "Hump"
Somewhere in amongst the Alexanders is Ted.
Aircraft Today:
This Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is coming into land at Weston.
An hour later and it was off.
I'm not sure what the call was for..........
............but hopefully it was a successful one.