Portland Bill

A fine day just got better as the day progressed, if only the birds had done the same. An early start, seawatching at The Bill at 1st light, but not much sea migration, so off around the Bill quarries. Pipits (tree, rock and meadow) along with 35+ wheatears and 100's of linnets. Stonechats and yellow wagtails before a visit to Lodmoor in Weymouth. A brief stop at Ferrybridge gave 32 med gulls, ringed plovers and dunlin, before I joined the 50+ throng waiting to see the short billed dowitcher. It obliged and I moved on. Warblers and a few duck, both here and Radipole Lake. A stop on my return journey at easton for the stunning monarch butterfly (photos 1, 2)
Back at the bill still not a lot7n so a walk along the cliffs which gave raven, lesser whitethroat and a wood warbler at Culverwell. Super day, now rather burnt and in need of a pint or two at The Pulpit Inn.
Photos
3 the bird observatory
4 juvenile kestrel
5 raven
6 stonechat
7 Chesil Beach from Portland
8 migrant hawker
9 med gull and black headed
10 shags
11 wheatear
12 The Bill and lighthouse.
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