Chesil Cove
A quick visit to Chesil Cove, with the only highlight here being 2 Rooks coming off the sea and heading inland
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Rook
Carrion Crow
Ships Today:
Just off West Weare's are, on the left..........
........the British Dive Boat "Scimitar" and on the right........
.............the British - PH 37 Fishing Boat "Loyal F". More on "Loyal F" Here and "Scimitar" Here.
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Portland Castle Beach
Next stop was the beach at Portland Castle. There was a very strong and freezing cold north-easterly coming straight across Portland Harbour and into the bay here.
What the wind did though, was to drive in around 45 plus Red-breasted Mergansers close-in to the beach. As I was watching them, a lone Turnstone flew onto the rocks to my right.
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Shag
45+ Red-breasted Merganser
1 Turnstone
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Pied Wagtail
Magpie
Carrion Crow
A Cormorant out in the harbour
And another Cormorant in flight.
Red-breasted Mergansers.
A few of the 45+ Red-breasted Mergansers out in Portland Harbour
A lone Turnstone on the boulders
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Portland Marina
Having left the beach, I headed to the marina where I have recently been given permission to wander around the jetty's, to photograph the wildlife here.
Highlights here, were close up views of the sea birds on the water and the breakwater surrounding the marina.
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Shag
2 Grey Heron
5 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Oystercatcher
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Carrion Crow
The majority of birds here are Cormorants, with a few Shags in amongst them. On the far right Great Black-backed Gulls.
A bit closer in and the birds in the foreground and just to the right of it are Shags. The others are Cormorants.
A Shag looking straight down the lens on my camera. Behind it is a Cormorant.
Sat in the centre of the Cormorants and Shags is a Grey Heron
Here it is again with a Shag on the right.
Three Red-breasted Mergansers coming into land.
A 3rd Winter Herring Gull
A Carrion Crow taking off from one of the jetty's
Ted:
Which way Dad!!
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Wakeham
Behind the cottage in Bumpers Lane this afternoon was this stunning looking male Black Redstart
