After a few cups of coffee with my niece and her fiancé, at the newly opened "Riptide" Cafe next to Portland Castle, we all ventured down to Portland Castle beach, which I have now been informed is actually called Black Barge Beach.
From the beach I was able to see two Great Northern Divers and a Cormorant. The latter right in close to the beach. However the main highlight was watching two very frisky Bottle-nosed Dolphins by the Mulberry's here.
After my niece left, Dawn and I made our way around to Castle Town Beach here, so that we could get a better view of the dolphins. And we weren't disappointed as the two were having great fun, chasing boats and breaching many times.
Below are a few images and a video of the dolphins.
From the beach I was able to see two Great Northern Divers and a Cormorant. The latter right in close to the beach. However the main highlight was watching two very frisky Bottle-nosed Dolphins by the Mulberry's here.
After my niece left, Dawn and I made our way around to Castle Town Beach here, so that we could get a better view of the dolphins. And we weren't disappointed as the two were having great fun, chasing boats and breaching many times.
My niece, me and Dawn
Mammals
2 Bottle-nosed Dolphins
Birds Recorded:
2 Great Northern Diver
2 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron
2 Oystercatcher
8 Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Robin
Magpie
Carrion Crow
One of the two Great Northern Divers by the Mulberry's
And a very confiding Cormorant close to Black Barge Beach
And a Grey Heron.....
.............comes into.........
.............land by Castle Town Beach.
Note
Since I arrived on Portland back in May 2017, I have pretty much managed to keep a daily Blog going. Overall I think it was pretty successful, with hundreds of different photographs of the flora and fauna I encountered both on the island, and in & around Weymouth.
Today though is my last day of keeping a daily Blog and instead I will have a brand new Blog called Out and About. A Blog not too dissimilar to Swindon Birder which I enjoyed very much running from 13 Jan 13 to 29 May 17.
So instead of the same repetitive photos appearing everyday, hopefully there will be a bit more variety on what I come across, either here on Portland, the British Isles or overseas.