It was a late afternoon walk today, but there was still plenty to see, including a lone Swallow heading south of Penn's Weare.
Other highlights were:
8 Rock Pipit (On the beach)
1 Stonechat (The Windmills)
11 Chiffchaff (5 Wakeham Meadows, 3 Railway Cuttings, 2 Penns Wood and 1 Church Ope Cove Wood)
2 Goldcrest (Pennsylvania Wood)
1 Firecrest (Wakeham Railway Cuttings)
3 Siskin (Pennsylvania Wood)
Birds Recorded:
1 Shag
1 Grey Heron
1 Black-headed Gull
4 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Swallow
8 Rock Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
10+ Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
1 Firecrest
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
2 Raven
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
3 Siskin
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Red Admiral
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
miridae sp.
Leafhoppers Recorded:
Empoasca vitis
Plants:
Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora)
Fungi
With the high winds and surf these two blocks of concrete have now been exposed. I have no idea what they were used for, but I will find out. One day!!
Ted:
Ships Today:
A bit of an odd course though from Rotterdam. It was heading for Portland Harbour, then turned and headed down Portland's east coast. More on this vessel Here.
1 Black-headed Gull
4 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Swallow
8 Rock Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
10+ Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
1 Firecrest
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
2 Raven
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
3 Siskin
Goldfinch
One of eight Rock Pipits on the beach.........
............feeding on Kelp Flies.
Still a good number of Robins about.
1 Red Admiral
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Not so many Ivy Bees about today.
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
A Common Dronefly
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
miridae sp.
A miridae sp. Well at least I think it is!!
Leafhoppers Recorded:
Empoasca vitis
Leafhopper (Empoasca vitis)
Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora)
Montbretia
And Montbretia seeds
fungi sp.
General Shots:
An interesting looking fungi
I mean just look at the size of it against my walking boots.
With the gale force easterlies we had the other day, I wasn't surprised to see a mass of seaweed washed up onto the beach.
And I don't recall ever seeing this outcrop on the cliffs at Southwell either. Looks a bit precarious!!
Well at least I know who this is. Ted waiting patiently for me to get a move on.
Ships Today:
This is the Liberian Oil/Chemical Tanker "Chem Silicon" on its way from Rotterdam to New York.
This is the British Fishing Boat - WH296 "Portland Isle" on its way back to Weymouth Harbour. More on this vessel Here.
This is the British PO9 Fishing Boat "Freya May" just south of the cove.