11 Sep 22

High Angle Battery and Fancy's Farm

It was somewhere a bit different today with a walk around Fancy's Farm and High Angle Battery. I wasn't to sure what to expect and apart from a single Wheatear there wasn't much else about.

The Rush Veneer moths are still out in abundance with at least 10 seen along my walk.

Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
1 Wheatear
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
Linnet
Goldfinch

Just the one Wheatear seen on my walk.

Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
1 Speckled Wood
2 Red Admiral
2 Common Blue

A pristine looking Speckled Wood

A slightly worn female Common Blue.

And another female Common Blue, which has seen better days.

Moths Recorded:
12+ Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)

It's been a pretty good few months for Rush Veneers. There haven't been many places on Portland that I haven't seen less than a dozen or so on my walks.

Bees Recorded:
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)


Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)


Plants Recorded:

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

Blackthorn berries, also known as Sloe

General Shots:

And way way across Weymouth Bay is the headland of St Aldhelm's Head viewed from from Fancy's Farm. The building in the middle, on top of the headland is St Aldhelm's Chapel Here. More on the Chapel Here and Here


Ted:

Ted playing hide and seek