It was another trip into Weymouth and then a quick 45 minutes at Lodmoor.
Main highlight was Common Sandpiper feeding on one of the islands and a sad view of a Sandwich Tern with blood around its bill.
Mammals Recorded:
Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
4 Little Egret
Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
4 Little Egret
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Coot
Oystercatcher
Black-tailed Godwit
1 Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Sandwich Tern
Wood Pigeon
Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
A Little Egret
A drake Shelduck
And another drake coming into land
Here a pair fly in to join several others on the reserve
A pair of Gadwall
Three Shovelers
A drake at the front and the rear.
Here another female joins the group.
A Coot
A lone Oystercatcher on one of the islands.
Here are a few Black-tailed Godwits
My first Common Sandpiper of Spring, feeding..........
........on the waters edge
A Black-headed Gull to the left of the three Mediterranean Gulls
A Sandwich Tern with a "bloody" beak!!!
A Robin feeding from my hand. If it was a bit too quick to see............
.............here it is in extra slow motion.
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)