Despite the cooler conditions, the outdoor thermometer was reading 7.0°C, there was quite a bit to see on our walk this afternoon.
Here are the main highlights:
Gannet - Two seen way out to sea.
Shag - One fishing just off the cove.
Common Scoter - Five heading south down Portland's east coastline.
Stock Dove - One in Bumpers Lane Quarry
Pied Wagtail - Eight on the beach and one in Bumpers Lane
Grey Wagtail - One on the beach
Robin - Many birds singing and one that took mealworms from my hand at the cove.
Black Redstart - A female at the north end of the cove under the cliffs.
Firecrest - One at the bottom of Penns Wood
Also noted:
Hummingbird Hawk-moth - One feeding on the nectar of the flowering Hebes at the back of the cove.
Honey Bee - Ten plus on the Hebes at the back of he cove.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee - One on the Hebes at the back of the cove
Birds Recorded:
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
5 Common Scoter
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
9 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Black Redstart
Blackbird
1 Firecrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Five Common Scoter making their way down towards Portland Bill. Video in slow-motion.
A female Black Redstart at the cove
A Firecrest at the bottom of Penns Wood.
This video of the Firecrest is at normal speed and slow-motion
Moths Recorded:
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
My first Hummingbird Hawk-moth of the year.
It was nectaring on the Hebes at the back of the cove.
Bees Recorded:
10+ Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
A Honey Bee on the flowering Hebes.
Ted:
A few Ted's today
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