It was back to the caravan this morning, but there was very little cleaning to do, so I took Ted for a nice cool and wet walk past the farm and coves.
Ted and I just made it to the horse stables, as the first rain drops of rain began to fall. The first wet spell we have had in weeks.
Despite the drizzle, which did eventually stop, there were quite a few highlights with my first Yellow Wagtail of the Autumn heading south-east (next stop Portland!!), a Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroats and a Slow-worm crossing the track.
Unsurprisingly there were no butterflies seen, but I did have a couple of moths.
Back at the caravan and it looks like a Leaf-cutter Bee has made 2 nests for its eggs (one in each hole) in Dawn's Bee House, she put up on the fence. Also on the fence were two German Wasps.
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
30+ Black-headed Gull
4 Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 House Martin
6 Swallow
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
1 Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Bullfinch
Dunnock
Robin
1 Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
1 Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Bullfinch
A Cormorant drying its wings out in The Fleet
Lots of Black-headed Gulls in The Fleet and........
..........all those I saw were moulting into their Winter plumage.
What a stare!!!
A juvenile Blackbird and........
..........just a few metres away on top of another Hawthorn, was this juvenile Song Thrush
And another juvenile bird. This time a Greenfinch.
1 Slow-worm
A Slow-worm on the path we were walking along.
A close-up of its head.
Here is a short video of the Slow-worm heading into the undergrowth, "tasting" the air for its next snack.
None
There was a fair bit of rain. The rain did stop and the sun came out, but I was already back at the caravan by then.
Moths Recorded:
#1 - moth sp.
#2 - Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla)
#1 - moth sp. It is very worn whatever it is and is probably not one I will be able to identify.
#2 - A Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla) which was in the caravan
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Leaf-cutter bees sp.
Honey Bee
Common Carder Bee
The bee house with at least two leaf-cutter bee nests.
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
A German Wasp (Vespula germanica) removing bits of wood from the fence behind the caravan.
A short video of the German Wasp above stripping bits of wood off the fence.
Another German Wasp doing the same.
And here is the fence the wasps were interested in with Dawn's Bee house attached to it.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
grasshoppers heard but not see.
Plants:
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus Arvensis)
White Poplar (Populus alba)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) with lots of berries known as sloes.
Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
And again, with a few rain drops on the petals.
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus Arvensis) - The Pink and White variety
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
And a close-up of the Common Reed. More on this plant Here.
Behind the brambles are a few White Poplars
Note:
This is a pretty good Wild Flower Finder Website Here.
Tidmoor Cove with the Firing Range to the west.
This is what a majority of the tracks look like, with.........
...........huge chasms appearing.
It's been awhile since Ted has had to wear his waterproof jacket. It was pretty wet.
Early morning and there was a Willow Warbler singing from the back garden. Overhead a Sparrowhawk passed through.
At Easton there was a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling from behind The Straits.