Today was a Boxing Day walk to stretch those legs from yesterday's Christmas Day over-indulgence in food and drink.
The walk wasn't too bad with the following three highlights:
3 Rock Pipits - Church Ope Cove
1 Stonechat - East Weares
2 Chiffchaff - East Weares and Pennsylvania Castle Woods
Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
1 Gannet
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Pied Wagtail
General Shots:
Ted:
Ships Today:
1 Stonechat - East Weares
2 Chiffchaff - East Weares and Pennsylvania Castle Woods
Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
1 Gannet
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Pied Wagtail
3 Rock Pipits
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A lone Gannet heading down the coast
Four Herring Gulls, with a slightly smaller individual centre of frame
Just the one Robin on the beach.
It looks like its just found a meal under one of the beach huts.
And it was just three Rock Pipits feeding in amongst the washed up Kelp. This is number one.
Number two and......
.....................number three.
A Rock Pipit feeding on Kelp Flies and............
.............their larvae on the beach at Church Ope Cove
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Kelp Fly and larvae (Coelopa frigida)
Plants:
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus)
Plants:
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus)
Japanese Spindle and.........
..........its berries.
General Shots:
It never amazes me as to the wildlife you find on Portland. A Raccoon, really!!
Ted:
No foxes here today Ted!!
Ships Today:
This is the Maltese Ro-Ro Cargo Ship "Opaline" on its way from Rotterdam to Dublin. More on this vessel Here.