Before a trip to the shops, me, Dawn, Izzie and Ted had a walk along the esplanade from Portland Castle Beach to Portland Marina.
Best highlight was a Black Redstart which flew over the beach wall at the castle. Unfortunately by the time I had got to wall it had vanished.
There were a good 20+ Red-breasted Mergansers way out from the beach, but surprisingly there were no Great Northern Divers to be seen!1
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Shag
1 Grey Heron
20+ Red-breasted Merganser
1 Black-headed Gull
11 Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Black Redstart
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
One of 30+ Cormorants fishing just off Portland Castle Beach
In the same area as the Cormorant above was this drake Red-breasted Merganser
Two Mediterranean Gulls come into land by Portland Marina
Here are three more and a........
............fairly close up shot of another adult winter Mediterranean Gull
An adult Herring Gull
Herring Gulls of various ages and an adult Great Black-backed Gull at the far end of the overflow pipe.
Dawn and Izzie taking a walk along the esplanade. I wasn't too far behind.
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