After a quick tidy up at the Caravan, it was off for a late afternoon walk past the farm and between the coves.
There was only one highlight this afternoon and that was an Osprey looking for a meal between the two coves. After several minutes it gave up and headed towards Abbotsbury Swannery.
Birds Recorded:
1 Grey Heron
10+ Dark-bellied Brent Goose
1 Osprey
1 Peregrine Falcon
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
100+ hirundines
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Cetti's Warbler
4 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
1 Reed Bunting
Below are quite a few photos and a video of the Osprey I came across in The Fleet this afternoon
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
4 Common Darter
5 hawker sps.
4 Common Darter
5 hawker sps.
A Common Darter
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White
6 Small White
2 Speckled Wood
5 Meadow Brown
2 Red Admiral
5 Large White
6 Small White
2 Speckled Wood
5 Meadow Brown
2 Red Admiral
1 Comma
A Small White
And a Speckled Wood
These two...............
............are Meadow Browns.
A Comma
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
12+ Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
12+ Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies.
Many unidentified flies.
Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
A Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
A Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) on Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Plants Recorded:
This is a Tamarisk Salt Cedar (Tamarix spp., possibly Tamarix tetrandra).........
.............with this variety being Pink Cascade. More on this Salt Cedar here.
I believe this is...........
......Black Bryony (Dioscorea communisa) with masses of poisonous berries. More on this plant here.
General shots:
Before
And today
Before
And today
Before
Another before
Today
The fields look very open without the fences.
And the new posts for the horse paddocks being made from used telegraph poles.
Great news............
..........it has been......
................. difficult at times
And not only in the Winter either.
And looking Southeast into Lynch Cove.