A change of scenery today and a lot closer to home.
Main highlight on my walk this afternoon was watching the juvenile Barn Owls on their nest in the wall of the Dorset Wildlife Trusts building at Lorton Meadows Here. Well I say watching, the Trust have set up a Webcam and it can be viewed live................
..............here or Here
Birds Recorded:
3 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Barn Owl
2 Swift
2 Green Woodpecker (1 juv seen / 1 ad heard)
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
House Martin
Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Common Whitethroat
3 Blackcap
10+ Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Bullfinch
One of at least two juvenile Kestrels on the DWT roof.
And the second juvenile on the right. The one on the left is possibly the bird in the photo above.
Hmm a juvenile Green Woodpecker. Moving on.
So many Chiffchaffs seen and heard, with many juveniles calling.
Common Darter
Butterflies Recorded:
3 Large Skipper
10+ Large White
4 Speckled Wood
8 Ringlet
5 Meadow Brown
4 Gatekeeper
2 Marbled White
2 Red Admiral
1 Small Tortoiseshell
3 Comma
A Ringlet
A tatty Meadow Brown
A Gatekeeper with wings folded.
And another Gatekeeper with them open.
A Small Tortoiseshell was good to see.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
#1 - Dagger Fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#1 - dagger fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
A Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Brown-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
A White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Empoasca vitis
General Shots:
My walk with Ted this afternoon (1.7 miles)
As we left the car park we passed this the.........
...........Barn Pond.
Looking back towards the DWT house
The track leading up to............
.............Coffin Plantation
Once through Coffin Plantation it was downhill towards Teddy Bear Woods.
Before we got to the woods it was a right-hand turn and down towards two mile coppice and then onto.........
Ted:
Ted practicing to be a Pointer
This is the Maltese Passenger Ship "Celebrity Silhouette" berthed in Portland Harbour. More on this vessel Here. In front of it is the British A135 Naval Auxiliary Ship "RFA Argus". More on this vessel Here.
This is the D 33 - British Destroyer "HMS Dauntless" anchored up in Weymouth bay. More on this vessel Here.
And my mystery sailing ship!!!
Before I headed off to Weymouth I stopped off by the Verne to see a juvenile Barn Owl, my friend and neighbour Andy had located.
Zooming in and here is the juvenile Barn Owl having a nap before its next meal. This is my first Barn Owl this year. Cheers Andy.
In the rock face sits a juvenile Barn Owl
Okay it wasn't that easy to find.
