28 Jun 25

Ferrybridge

As I was passing Ferrybridge, I stopped off briefly to watch the Little Terns. Unfortunately there was a fair bit of sea fog drifting off the sea, over Chesil beach and across The Fleet, making visibility difficult at times.

However I did manage to see a couple of Little Terns, which were fishing right next to the Dorset Wildlife's Pontoon, where they operate their glass-bottom boat from.

Birds Recorded:
2 Oystercatcher
2 Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Little Tern
Starling
House Sparrow
8 Linnet

A Little Tern catching fish just off the bank I was stood on...........

............Just a shame I missed the bit where it caught one!! (In slow-motion)


Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon


Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

A fully laden Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris on its way to the next Bramble flower.


Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded
:
1 Wasp sp.


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
1 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva

A male Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis

A Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva


Plants
:
Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum

This is Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum.............

...........Also known as a Sea Fennel. More on this plant here.


General Shots
:

The one time that the sea fog didn't cover The Fleet.


Ted
:

Ted's there somewhere!