Today I had another walk past the Royal Naval Cemetery Here and then a return walk back from the Dockyard Fence here. My last walk here was on 23 Jun 23, and it certainly wasn't as overgrown as it was now. The path to the fence was the worst, but just about navigable.
Main highlights were a Blackcap and Chiffchaff both singing, plus lots of micro-moths.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
This male Blackcap was singing away until he spotted me.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large Skipper
3 Speckled Wood
4 Meadow Brown
5 Marbled White
1 Large Skipper
3 Speckled Wood
4 Meadow Brown
5 Marbled White
A Large Skipper
And a Meadow Brown
#1 - moth sp.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Plants:
#1 - Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Ted:
Ships Today:
This is the Norwegian LPG Tanker "Clipper Neptun" on its way from Gdansk (Poland) to Weymouth Bay. More on this vessel Here.
The red and white ship is the British Cable Layer "CS Sovereign" tied up in Portland Harbour. More on this vessel Here.
This is the British Offshore Supply Ship "Island Crown" tied up in Portland Harbour. More on this vessel Here.
Common Marble (Celypha lacunana)
Common Marble (Celypha lacunana). Thank you to Ed Wilson for the ID.
#1 - moth sp.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) and.....
........though the buff colour on the tail is not that clear, I think this is one as well
A Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
#1 - Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
#1 - Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
#2 - beetle sp.
#1 - A male Swollen-thighed Beetle
#2 - beetle sp.
#2 - As above but scurrying across my arm. One to ID later.
#1 - Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
#2 - bracken sp.
#3 - Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
#1 - A Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
#2 - A bracken sp. and.......
#3 - ....just below it is Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
General Shots:
A very murky Portland Harbour and sadly the weather didn't improve
Yep Ted, there's no way through the dockyard fence
Aircraft Today:
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey on Portland's HeliOps pad.
And here it is taking off.
This is the Liberian Container Ship "Mona Lisa" anchored up in Portland Harbour. More on this vessel Here.
This grey vessel is the British Replenishment Ship A136 "RFA Tidespring". More on this vessel Here.
And this is one of the lifeboat capsules from........
................"RFA Tidespring". More on this type of capsule Here.
And a "Rig" !!