10 May 24

Portland Royal Naval Cemetery

Another change of scenery, which was good bird wise, but disappointing with the low numbers of insects recorded.

Birds Recorded:
1 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 House Martin
1 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Garden Warbler
5 Common Whitethroat
2 Lesser Whitethroat
6 Blackcap
3 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Sat in the direct sun, it's no wonder this Herring Gull is panting whilst sat on its nest.

One of many Dunnocks singing from the bush tops.

A Common Whitethroat.

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Speckled Wood
1 Peacock

A Speckled Wood

And a slightly worn Peacock

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)


Hoverflies Recorded:
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Syrphus sp.

A Syrphus sp.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)
#1 - Lucilia sp.

#2 - Lucilia sp.

A Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina) aka Common Blow Fly.

#1 - Lucilia sp.

#2 - Lucilia sp.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Two 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

I can't believe these two.......................

...........7-spot Ladybirds were the only bugs/beetles I came across.

Plants:
Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Common Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale)

Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium)

A Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa) in flower

Also in flower was this Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) or May tree as it is also known as.

This is Common Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) and a............

..............new plant for my plant list. More on this plant here and here.

Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium) a new plant to add to my Portland List. More on this plant here.

Ted and Theo:

Ted's got the right idea. Let Theo do all the running around, whilst he sits in the shade.

Ships Today:
The following vessels were all in Portland Harbour.

This is the Passenger (Cruise) Ship "Renaissance" flying the flag of Bermuda. More on this vessel here.

This is the Singaporean Chemical/Oil Products Tanker "BW Wren". More on this vessel here.

This is the British Offshore Support Vessel "SD Victoria". More on this vessel here.

This is the British Offshore Support Vessel "Athena". More on this vessel here.