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
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
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
1 Wasp sp.
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
A fully laden Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris on its way to the next Bramble flower.
1 Wasp sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
1 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
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
Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum
This is Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum.............
...........Also known as a Sea Fennel. More on this plant here.
The one time that the sea fog didn't cover The Fleet.
Ted's there somewhere!