With the weather forecast looking pretty good for today, Myself, Dawn, Poppy and Ted visited the Subtropical Gardens at Abbotsbury this afternoon. More on the gardens here.
We have visited Abbotsbury many times, but this was the first time we have actually walked around the gardens. Apart from being amazed by the incredible number of plants from all over world growing here, there were also few British birds noted on our walk. The best being both Nuthatch and Treecreeper, both firsts for my UK list of birds this year.
Other highlights were a Green Woodpecker "yaffling", and Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Goldcrest all heard singing.
Birds Recorded:
2 Mallard
Herring Gull
1 Green Woodpecker
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
1 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
Wren
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee
#1 - Plant sp.
#2 - Plant sp.
#3 - Plant sp.
#4 - Plant sp.
#5 - Plant sp.
#5 - acer sp.
#6 - tree sp.
#7 - rhododendron sp.
#8 - fern sp.#9 - tree sp.
#8 - fern sp.
General Shots:
Aircraft:
#1 - Plant sp.
#1 - Plant sp.
#2 - Plant sp.
#2 - Plant sp.
#3 - Plant sp.
#3 - Plant sp.
#4 - Plant sp.
#4 - Plant sp.
#5 - Plant sp.
#5 - Plant sp.
#5 bottom left - acer sp. #6 top - tree sp. #7 bottom right - rhododendron sp.
#8 - fern sp. and #9 - tree sp.
The Lily Ponds
The Bothy
Dawn and............
.............Poppy looking up into the trees.
Aircraft:
And a Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ530 flying over the subtropical gardens this afternoon. More on this aircraft here.