Today I was on the hunt for some cheap smokeless coal and as I was driving around Weymouth I passed Lodmoor, where I decided to drop in for a quick walk around the reserve with Ted.
It wasn't one of my better calls, as it was absolutely freezing in that bitterly cold north-easterly, which has been with us for a few days now.
However with 42 bird species recorded, including my first Spoonbills for the year, it was well worth the visit.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
6 Cormorant
1 Little Egret
1 Grey Heron
6 Spoonbill
Mute Swan
2 Canada Goose
1 Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Moorhen
Coot
1 Oystercatcher
6 Lapwing
1 Snipe
21 Black-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Cetti's Warbler
1 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A pair of Gadwall, the drake is on the right.
Black-tailed Godwits and Teal at the end of the video
And the friendly Robin takes a leap.....
..........of faith, and then............
.........hovers over my hand..........
...........before taking a mealworm.
And here is a compilation of two clips, slowed down so that you can see it take the mealworms and then fly off to a branch.
Plants:
Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrans)
Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrans)
Winter Heliotrope just coming into flower.
There have been sightings of Sika Deer here at Lodmoor. I wonder if this is one of their trails into the reedbeds!!
Ted:
What on earth is that look Ted!!