3 Mar 23

Bumpers Lane, The Cuttings, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Higher Horse Paddock and Lower Horse Paddock

These are busy times at the moment and my walks with Ted are pretty short ones at the moment.

There is still very little about and in fact the pair of Stonechats in the Higher Horse paddock have gone walkabout, only to be replaced by two Meadow Pipits.

There were a couple of insects seen, a Buff-tailed Bumblebee and hoverfly sp.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)


Hoverflies Recorded:
hoverfly sp.

hoverfly sp.

Plants:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)

Ted:

Spot the Dog!!

Ships Today:

This is the Portuguese Container Ship "Elbteam" on its way from Dunkirk to Liverpool. More on this vessel Here.

This is the Panamanian Container Ship "HMM Algeciras" on its way from Algeciras (Spain) to Rotterdam. More on this vessel Here.

This is the British Fishing Boat PO18 "Boy Lynham" fishing off Portland's east coast. More on this vessel Here.