Setting off at 5.30 am See's us arrive at the car park at RSPB Lodmoor around 8 am,with the car park fee payed at a reasonable £1.50 for two hours it's a short walk before we meet a single birder who has the target bird in view.
This saved us some time as it would have been really hard to find as it was tucked down in a grass bank over the back of the water. As it turns out we return later & get a better view as Jimmy spots it on a closer scrape.
On walking around the reserve we pick up a few year ticks when we see Sand Martin along with Swallow plus our first Willow Warbler of the year. We saw Chiffchaff last week with no song but this week they were singing away, always nice to feel spring on the way.
A visit to Portland in the hope of ticking the Little Owl that is often spotted in the quarry there proves fruitless for us & there was nothing else that I needed for a tick but a few Firecrest had been seen they are always nice to see. In the garden at the top of the hill by the lighthouse we see a very nice Black Redstart plus Wheatear seen.
On the way we pass Weymouth harbour & pick up a tick when we spot a Shag sitting on a wall.
We call in at Radipole Lake so we could get some more photos of the Ring-necked Duck & after parking along the road by the tennis courts we walk across the road & pick out the bird within minutes , so we round off the day spending some time with the duck.
So over 5 hours in the car getting there & back home but we had a really nice day birding on a warm sunny day.
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
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| The Ring-necked Duck |
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| Black Redstart |
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