It was yet again another lovely warm sunny day, with a lot more Spring migrants pushing through, including a Cuckoo which I heard at the back of the house around 10:30am, and was most likely the same individual heard 5 to 10 minutes earlier by a resident at Thumb Lane, who I got chatting to later in the day.
Other highlights were
Hirundines: 100's passing over the island, especially above West Weare's.
Stonechat: 1 male at Reap Lane Barns
Wheatear: 8 along the Southwest Coast Path above the West Cliffs
Common Whitethroat: 1 in Wakeham Meadows
Lesser Whitethroat: 1 in Thumb Lane
Blackcap: 1 Avalanche Road Bump
Chiffchaff: 1 Old Quarry Lane and 4 around Thumb Lane
Pied Flycatcher: 1 male in Thumb Lane
Wheatear: 8 above the West Cliffs.
Other highlights were
Hirundines: 100's passing over the island, especially above West Weare's.
Stonechat: 1 male at Reap Lane Barns
Wheatear: 8 along the Southwest Coast Path above the West Cliffs
Common Whitethroat: 1 in Wakeham Meadows
Lesser Whitethroat: 1 in Thumb Lane
Blackcap: 1 Avalanche Road Bump
Chiffchaff: 1 Old Quarry Lane and 4 around Thumb Lane
Pied Flycatcher: 1 male in Thumb Lane
Wheatear: 8 above the West Cliffs.
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
2 Kestrel
1 Cormorant
2 Kestrel
2 Pheasant
2 Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Cuckoo
2 Skylark
100+ Sand Martin/House Martin/Swallow
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
8 Wheatear
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
5 Chiffchaff
1 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
2 Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Cuckoo
2 Skylark
100+ Sand Martin/House Martin/Swallow
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
8 Wheatear
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
5 Chiffchaff
1 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A Pheasant along Barleycrates Lane
Along the west cliffs............
............and in West Weare's were........
.............at least 8 Wheatears.
And in the copse at.......
.............Thumb Lane was..........
..............this very smart looking male Pied Flycatcher.
2 Large White
5 Speckled Wood
1 Red Admiral
1 Peacock
A Speckled Wood
And a Red Admiral
1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)
General Shots:
In the distance Chesil Beach and below me West Weare's
The copse at Thumb Lane
