Today I had a walk past the Royal Naval Cemetery Here and then a return walk back from the Dockyard Fence here. It's not a walk I have done before, so I was interested in seeing what was about. Overall it wasn't a bad walk with plenty of warblers seen and heard, plus 3 Spotted Flycatchers around the cemetery.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
1 Peregrine Falcon
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
5 Swift
Dunnock
Blackbird
3 Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
3 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
3 Spotted Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
3 Raven
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A male Blackcap singing from the top of a Sycamore tree.
One of the 3 Spotted Flycatchers by the cemetery
A sequence of shots as it takes off to catch a fly.
And a slow-motion video as it takes off in pursuit of a fly. I just missed the bit where it caught it. Assuming it did of course!!
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
hawker sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
3 Wall Brown
1 Common Blue
One of three Wall Browns seen on my walk.
#1 - moth sp.
#2 - moth sp
#3 - moth sp
#1 - moth sp.
#2 - moth sp.
#3 - moth sp.
Bees Recorded:
2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
#1 - Chequered Hoverfly (Melanstoma scalare)2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
#1 - a female Chequered Hoverfly (Melanstoma scalare) and...........
................here it is settled on a leaf. Thank you to Ed Wilson for the ID.
1 Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - nymph
General Shots:
Ted:
Yes Ted where going down this track.
It looks like he agrees. Come on dad!!
Yep. He's a happy Ted.
Anchored up in Portland Harbour
This is the British Replenishment Ship A136 "RFA Tidespring". More on this vessel Here.
This is the British Offshore Supply Ship "SD Victoria". More on this vessel Here.
This is the British Sailing Ship "Tenacious". More on this vessel Here.
Arriving back in Portland Harbour
This is the British PO9 Fishing Boat "Freya May".
