7 Nov 22

King Barrow Quarries Nature Reserve, Vaycroft Quarry, The Grove, Shepherd's Dinner, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve and Lower Horse Paddock

Having dropped the car off at the garage for its MOT, Ted and I took a long walk down Portland's east coast, back to the Cottage.

The weather was dry, but that southwesterly was pretty strong again with gusts reaching 55mph. Still it was a pretty good walk, especially as a lot of seabirds were quite close-in to the shoreline.

Birds Recorded:
20+ Gannet
5 Cormorant
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
11 Kittiwake
Wood Pigeon
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Redwing
6 Fieldfare
2 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
3 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

Below are a few Gannet photos and a video




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Below are a few Great Black-backed Gull photos





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Below are a few Kittiwake photos



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Below are a few Fieldfare photos and a video







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Below are a few Raven photos




One of the Ravens being dive bombed by a Meadow Pipit


Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)


Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

A rather groggy German Wasp


Ted:

Ted looking a bit windswept


Ships Today
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This is the Panamanian Oil Products Tanker "Rose M" anchored up in Weymouth Bay. More on this vessel Here.

This is the Norwegian Oil Products Tanker "Haltbakk Navigator" anchored up in Weymouth Bay. More on this vessel Here.