After the morning rain had drifted north, we were them shrouded in low cloud for the rest of the day. A late afternoon walk was cut short as a fine drizzle began to fall.
The only highlights on a dismal day were 2 Common Whitethroats, a Blackcap and 3 Chiffchaffs.
However it wasn't all gloom and doom as I found a Spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) to add to my Portland List.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
3 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata)
Plants:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum). Also known as Red Robin, Death come quickly, Storksbill, Fox Geranium, Stinking Bob, Squinter-pip, Crow's Foot, or Roberts Geranium
General Shots:
Ted:
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
3 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Common Whitethroat
A Goldfinch on a Dandelion
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
A Spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) I came across close to Wakeham Meadow
A Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Plants:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
General Shots:
A very cloudy Portland
Ted:
You not playing today, Ted!!