It wasn't my intention to visit Lodmoor today, but something came up, which meant I had to be in the Weymouth area for a few hours. In fact it was longer than that, and I ended up walking around the reserve for a good 3 hours.
But what a walk it was, especially when I stopped to talk to another dog walker, and an Osprey, with a fish in its talons, flew over our heads and disappeared towards the Park & Ride at the northern end of the reserve.
Well there I was thinking I wouldn't be able to top that, when I came across some birders looking at a Blue-headed Wagtail feeding alongside Yellow Wagtails in amongst the cattle. My first for the UK, so I was pretty chuffed with that.
However this was to be bettered (surely not), when I was told that a bit further along the reserve there was an Eastern Yellow Wagtail. However it transpired that it was an unusual looking Citrine Wagtail and a first one for me in the UK.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Bunny
Birds Recorded:
8 Cormorant
4 Great White Egret
4 Little Egret
8+ Grey Heron
2 Spoonbill
Canada Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
1 Osprey
1 Sparrowhawk
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
2 Ringed Plover
Lapwing
10+ Dunlin
8 Black-tailed Godwit
7+ Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
3 Sandwich Tern
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Kingfisher
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
5 White Wagtail
20+ Yellow Wagtail
8 Cormorant
4 Great White Egret
4 Little Egret
8+ Grey Heron
2 Spoonbill
Canada Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
1 Osprey
1 Sparrowhawk
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
2 Ringed Plover
Lapwing
10+ Dunlin
8 Black-tailed Godwit
7+ Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
3 Sandwich Tern
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Kingfisher
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
5 White Wagtail
20+ Yellow Wagtail
1 Blue-headed Wagtail
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
Migrant Hawker
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
General Shots:
Ted:
Wakeham
Sometimes the "Little People" do have a say:
1 Citrine Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Cetti's Warbler
10+ Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Cetti's Warbler
10+ Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Total: 54 species recorded
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Spoonbill
And the second Spoonbill here.
A record shot of the Osprey seen here today.
A Lapwing and Dunlin
Dunlin
Black-tailed Godwits
A juvenile Sandwich Tern
Blue-headed Wagtail
A short video of the Blue-headed Wagtail
A Citrine Wagtail
A short video of the Citrine Wagtail.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawkers
Migrant Hawkers
Large White
Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
A Common Wasp
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
General Shots:
One of the reasons why there were so many Yellow Wagtails here
Ted:
Go Ted go
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Wakeham
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