It was a disappointing walk along the north side of Portland Harbour this afternoon, as I tried in vain to locate the two Black-necked Grebes seen here this morning. In fact they have been overwintering in Portland Harbour, along with a Slavonian Grebe, for the past 3 months. Yet I have failed on several occasions to see them!
However I did come across 21 Red-breasted Mergansers drifting slowly across the harbour, comprising of 11 drakes and 10 ducks.
There was nothing on the sandflats as it was almost High Tide.
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
21 Red-breasted Merganser (10f, 11m)
1 Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
An adult Cormorant fishing....................
.............in Small Mouth Cove.
Twenty-one Red-breasted Mergansers drifting along in Portland Harbour.
The north-coastline in Portland Harbour with Sandsfoot Castle centre
Ted has just realised there are six other Ted's following him.
This is the British Cable Layer "CS Sovereign" on its............
..........from Portland Harbour to Brest (France). More on this vessel here.