On the way back from Dorchester I dropped into the Jurassic Pools near Littlemoor, to see if there was anything of interest there. The first thing I came across was a Peacock butterfly, which followed a Brimstone butterfly I saw earlier in Dorchester.
Other highlights in and around the pools were five Mallard, a lone Moorhen, 2 Meadow Pipits and a Chiffchaff. The latter deep in the reedbeds.
After leaving the pools and driving home a Little Egret flew over the car by the Manor Roundabout at Radipole.
Birds Recorded:
1 Little Egret
5 Mallard
1 Kestrel
1 Moorhen
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Little Egret flying over Manor Roundabout at Radipole
Five Mallard with four drakes surrounding a duck
A Kestrel hovering over the pools
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Brimstone
1 Peacock
General Shots:
The Jurassic Pools