Well my first attempt of a walk this year, was a complete disaster. I managed to walk to The Cuttings and had a look out across the sea, but on the way back via Broadcroft Quarry Lane, the heavens opened and I got absolutely soaked. Such is life.
I managed three new species for the year, a Song Thrush singing away in the butterfly reserve, a Chaffinch along Broadcroft Quarry Lane and 4 Jackdaws in the lower horse paddock. If there was anything else about I couldn't see it for the intense rain.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Fox
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
1 Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
4 Jackdaw
House Sparrow
1 Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Also:
3 feral pigeons
Ted:
Well Ted's run started off well, and then he turned and stood still in front of me!!
On 30 Dec 22 I came across this..............
...........adult "metal ringed" Herring Gull in the Swannery Car Park, RSPB Radipole Lake, Weymouth.
Here is some feedback from the BTO:
Ringing Scheme: London Ring Number: GC23012
Species of bird: Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Ringed: This bird was ringed by S Hales as age definitely hatched during current year, sex unknown on 17-Jul-2006 time unknown at Weymouth, Dorset, UK
Found: It was found 6010 days after it was ringed, 3 km from the ringing site, direction NNE.