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
Below are a few Great Black-backed Gull photos
Below are a few Kittiwake photos
Below are a few Fieldfare photos and a video
Below are a few Raven photos
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ships Today:
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One of the Ravens being dive bombed by a Meadow Pipit
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
