Short Billed Dowicher (lifer) Lodmoor Dorset.+Beautiful Gothic Moth +Black Rustic + Migrant Hawker

Meet up with Brian at 5am for we have decided to travel the 3 hours to Weymouth in Dorset to get a sight of the (Mega tick) a Short Billed Dowicher, I think it is only the second time it has been seen in our part of the world, so it is a must to see, it is a longer trip than usual as we try to limit to about 2 hours travel.

A good clear journey & we arrive in just over 2 1/2 hours, Brian likes to get there as quick as possible.
In the car park we meet a fellow birder that we met last week at Minsmere, he was the one who spotted the pec for us, we utter the words & get back an answer that we liked a lot, he has just been looking at the bird & it is showing well.



Short Billed Dowicher

So a quick march for about 10 minutes & we are all getting great views of the target bird, no waiting just straight on it, (great) it is to far over for me to get a clear photo, but this is it.



Heron

A friendly Heron drops in for a photo.
There are a nice chatty group of birders here & we get talking to them & we are told to go to Portland B T O Observatory & we may see some Moths from the traps.
So we don't need a second invite,


Meadow Pipit

not to long later we are looking out at sea by the lighthouse, not to much about, a few Wheater, & Meadow Pipit on the rocks back from the water.
We start to walk up the hill to the BTO, Brian says lets take the car, Jimmy & I decide to walk, big mistake as we go to the wrong place & end up with a long walk all up hill, when we catch up with Brian after about 30 mins he is sitting very comfortably & has a big grin on his face when he see's us,(Nice)



Brown Bush Grasshopper

We do see a lot of Moths, as our friend had told us, he was already here when we got here & he sure knew he's stuff about Moths & Bug's, we forgot to ask he's name, that was a shame.



Migrant Hawker



Brimstone



Common Marble Carpet Moth

Black Rustic



Beautiful Gothic

After a good stay, we head off to Radipole Lake for a quick look round to finish the trip off, nothing new to see, but a pleasant hour spent here, before heading home,& feeding our faces. altogether another great day spent with the boy's.