The weather today was much better, with a fair bit of sunshine, though it did threaten to rain a couple of times.
Some good highlights today:
Meadow Pipits: Two in the temporary horse paddock in the butterfly reserve.
Grey Wagtail: One flew west over the Cuttings
Stonechat: A pair and a single female in the temporary horse paddock in the butterfly reserve.
Song Thrush: A lone bird singing a sub-song within a bramble bush in the lower horse paddock
Linnet: A couple of Linnets over Broadcroft Quarry Lane
Siskin: My first of the year with a single bird heading south over Bumpers Lane
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
3 Stonechat
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
2 Linnet
1 Siskin
Goldfinch
A pair of Stonechats in the temporary horse paddock in the butterfly reserve.
And here is the male again.
And another female Stonechat. She was keeping................
.......................her distance at the far end of the temporary paddock.
A male Great Tit
And a Blue Tit
General Shots:
My view from Bumpers Lane of Portland Lighthouse and HMS Dauntless
Ted:
More Ted's again
Someone's in a hurry
Ships Today:
This is the British Destroyer D33 "HMS Dauntless" on manoeuvres just off the Portland. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Maltese Ro-Ro Cargo Ship "Hermine" on its way from Zeebrugge to Dublin. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Dutch General Cargo Ship "Jalonborg" on its way from Belfast to Newhaven. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Portuguese Container Ship "Mirror" on its way from Dublin to Rotterdam. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Irish General Cargo Ship "Arklow Raven" on its way from Northfleet to Limerick. More on this vessel Here.
