A change of scenery today with a trip to the Observatory and Portland Bill. Despite the calmer seas and lighter winds there wasn't that much about on the migrant front, other than a good handful of Willow Warblers and a couple of Chiffchaffs around the observatory.
And a first for the year, a Pheasant in the Crown Estate Fields. How on earth have I gone 3 months without seeing one!!
Birds Recorded:
Gannet
Cormorant
Quite extraordinary but it is what it is, my first Pheasant of the year in the Crown Estate Fields. I'm sure I must have seen one before now, but I can't find any record of having done so!!
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
General Shots:
Ted:
Birds Recorded:
Gannet
Cormorant
1 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Guillemot
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Little Owl
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
8 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Guillemot
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Little Owl
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
8 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
The Races and hundreds of gulls and Gannets fishing.
One of the Gannets eventually came fairly close to the Bill for a photo.
A few weeks ago the Razorbills outnumbered the Guillemots.
Today it was all Guillemots and not a single Razorbill seen.
A Stock Dove in The Obs Garden and for comparison .........
...........a Wood Pigeon.
The pair of Little Owls in the Obs Quarry.
On the way back from the walk there was just this one, looking very interested in something up above.
One of the Willow Warblers around the Obs
And a brute of a bird, a Raven strutting around the Lobster Pot restaurant.
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
General Shots:
Looking south from Portland Bill.
Ted:
The Raven shown above was in no mood to "play" with Ted.
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