It was another trip into Weymouth this afternoon and on the way back I dropped into Ferrybridge again. This time I stuck to the Weymouth side of The Fleet, as I didn't want to get a soaking with the showers I could see approaching from the west.
Main highlight was a Sandwich Tern which headed east over the Fleet into Portland Harbour. Also noted was a Chiffchaff calling from the hedgerow behind me as I took shelter from the 30mph gusts.
Birds Recorded:
7 Cormorant
1 Little Egret
7 Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Sanderling
1 Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Sandwich Tern
1 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
An adult Cormorant (left) and a juvenile fly up the Fleet, before........
.......coming into land next to Chesil Beach.
Four other Cormorants on one of the pontoons.
Along the edge of Chesil Beach a Little Egret
A panoramic video of the waders on the sandflats.
Looking west down the Fleet a lone Bar-tailed Godwit
A "fluffy" Herring Gull with its back to the wind.
Yep that's the way to keep your head out of the wind!!
A Great Black-backed Gull comes into land on the Dorset Wildlife Trusts "Fleet Explorer" moored just off the beach.
Ahh now we know why it's on there. Fresh water to drink.
A last swallow of rain water and then it's........
.............rest time on "Explorers" Roof. More on the Fleet Explorer Here.
There was a loud screech and as I looked up a Sandwich Tern was flying east over the The Fleet towards......
.................Portland Harbour, helped on by that strong westerly. The windsock looks like its had better days.
The clouds billowing up over the Isle of Portland.
The Sandflats to the south and the "Wild Chesil Centre" centre left.
