It was another early start, albeit 30 minutes later than yesterdays walk, and as it was yesterday yet another very sunny day. The one big difference though was the temperature, which was at 8.0°C when I left.
As you would expect first thing in the morning there was plenty of bird movement with many Siskins, Redpolls, Meadow Pipits and Skylarks overhead.
Other birds of interest were:
Rock Pipit - 12 on the beach at Church Ope Cove
Stonechat - 1 male on the butterfly reserve
Blackcap - 1 Wakeham Railway Cuttings
Chiffchaff - 3 Wakeham Wildlife Site, 1 Church Ope Cove Wood and 3 Broadcroft Quarry Lane
Greenfinch - 1 close to Wakeham Meadow.
Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Squirrel
A Grey Squirrel in the shade looking grey and a.......
..........Grey Squirrel in the sunlight looking quite rufous.
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
5 Skylark
60+ Meadow Pipit
12 Rock Pipit
4 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
7 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
20+ Redpoll
Linnet
50+ Siskin
Goldfinch
1 Greenfinch
A Meadow Pipit
And another Meadow Pipit in flight.
On the beach at Church Ope Cove were 12 Rock Pipits..........
............. feeding on the Kelp Flies.
This Rock Pipit has a metal ring on its right leg and............
...........this one has a metal ring on its left leg. It also has an unusual black and white ring on its right leg!!
A Pied Wagtail on the beach
Below are a few photos of the Chiffchaffs I came across today.
Just two Long-tailed Tits seen this morning.
A male Chaffinch
And a Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
10 Red Admiral
1 Painted Lady
1 Large White
10 Red Admiral
1 Painted Lady
Below are a few Red Admirals
Moths Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) resting on the seed heads of Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba).
An Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
A Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) and........
.........another one.
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
hoverfly sp.
A Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
And a dark form of Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
hoverfly sp.
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
fly sp.
A Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
fly sp.
2 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) both form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) - form succinea
Leafhopper (Empoasca vitis)
Leafhopper (Empoasca vitis)
Church Ope Cove from Penns Weare
Rufus Castle
Where's Ted!!
Trying to hide
And now waiting for me to catch up.
This is the British Fishing Boat "Amarisa" on its way from Weymouth to its fishing grounds.
This is the British PO9 Fishing Boat "Freya May" heading back to Portland.
This is the British Fishing Boat "Quarter Bell" on its way out to its fishing grounds. More on this vessel here.
This is the Panamanian Vehicles Carrier "Schelde Highway" on its way from Zeebrugge to Dublin. More on this vessel here.
Aircraft Today:
This is the American Airlines 104 on its way from John F Kennedy International (New York) to London Heathrow. More on this aircraft here.
