Thursday, 19 March 2020

18th March


A walk round the southern end of Portland in the morning produced a handful of fresh migrants despite the brisk westerly wind; totals included my first 17 Wheatears of the year, a Black Redstart, 22+ Chiffchaffs, 8+ Stonechats and a trickle of Meadow Pipits and a couple of alba Wagtails in off the sea whilst other birds included a pair of Peregrines over the Bill, good numbers of Auks on the cliffs and plenty of Kestrels.   The first Willow Warbler was trapped at the Obs around mid-morning.   Didn’t see much in the afternoon but a walk round Radipole RSPB produced a good spread of Chiffchaffs throughout (presumably new in) and a singing Blackcap before a group of 10 Manx Shearwaters went east late afternoon, as seen from the Obs – also my first of the year.



Black Redstarts

Raven

Peregrine

Kestrel

Wall Lizard

No comments:

Post a Comment