After a quick visit to the Doctors, for a routine check up, I dropped into Chesil Cove, to see what was about. All I can say is what a mess. The whole length of the beach was covered in rubbish, nets, buoys, dead animals and birds, it was a sad sight.
The sea certainly wasn't as rough as it has been, but it was still pretty feisty in that very strong westerly. The conditions looked perfect for a Grey Phalarope, but not today!
Mammals Recorded:
1 Sheep - deceased
1 Grey Seal - deceased (Not a pretty sight so I have refrained from posting a photo of it.)
Birds Recorded:
2 Gannet - deceased
2 Buzzard
10+ Black-headed Gull
4 Mediterranean Gull
10+ Herring Gull
6 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
2 Raven
The sea certainly wasn't as rough as it has been, but it was still pretty feisty in that very strong westerly. The conditions looked perfect for a Grey Phalarope, but not today!
Mammals Recorded:
1 Sheep - deceased
1 Grey Seal - deceased (Not a pretty sight so I have refrained from posting a photo of it.)
Centre frame a deceased Sheep. Where it originated from will never be known.
2 Gannet - deceased
2 Buzzard
10+ Black-headed Gull
4 Mediterranean Gull
10+ Herring Gull
6 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
2 Raven
A Buzzard passes over the beach
An adult Winter Black-headed Gull
An adult Winter Mediterranean Gull and................
...............and another.
This one is..............
.................a 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull.
An adult Herring Gull and................
............another.
And a Great Black-backed Gull
And another Great Black-backed Gull, this time a 1st Winter.
A first Winter Pied Wagtail.
A Raven coming into land on the beach.
Chesil Beach with the Cove House Inn on the far right.
Looking along Chesil Beach
And my mystery ship today is........................?