It was a trip to the Bill today to see what was about. The main highlight was coming across a lone Purple Sandpiper sat on a rock just east of Portland Lighthouse.
Other highlights were hundreds of Gannets feeding in the Races, three Redwings in the lane south of the Obs, where there was also a male Blackcap.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Seal
Birds Recorded:
100+ Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Kestrel
1 Purple Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Razorbill/Guillemot
Wood Pigeon
Meadow Pipit
5 Rock Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
Blackbird
3 Redwing
1 Blackcap
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
4 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Ships today:
This is the Panamanian Vehicles Carrier "Grand Sapphire" on its way from Southampton to Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates). More on this vessel here.
Wood Pigeon
Meadow Pipit
5 Rock Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
Blackbird
3 Redwing
1 Blackcap
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
4 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Just a few Gannets over the The Races, plus a couple of auks flying left to right.
My first Purple Sandpiper...........
..............this Autumn.
Trees and Shrubs:
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Other Plants:
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Ivy Hedera helix
General Shots:
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Ivy Hedera helix
General Shots:
The Red Crane
Sunset
