31 Jan 25

Reap Lane Barn and West Cliff.

A change of scenery today, which I hoped would produce a Fulmar and possibly a Peregrine. Well I managed 4 Fulmars, but failed on Peregrine.

Other birds of interest were a female Stonechat and a female Black Redstart, both in the horse paddock just south of Reap Lane Barns

Birds Recorded:
4 Fulmar
1 Cormorant
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Robin
1 Stonechat
1 Black Redstart
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
2 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch

A very distant shot of two Fulmars off Portland's West cliffs.

Also along the cliffs was this adult Great Black-backed Gull

A female Stonechat which I managed to photograph.............

...............in the horse paddock south of the Barns. Unfortunately it flew off almost immediately when I tried videoing it. Hence the slow-motion clip.

Also in the paddock was this female Black Redstart.

This Raven has found something to eat on top of the cliffs

And once consumed was off on another foray.