Arrived mid afternoon to a quiet Portland, most grounded migrants
had moved off. Flocks of Hirundines passing through, mainly Swallows and House Martins with around a dozen Sand Martins and five Swifts
noted, a Ringed Plover flew north late afternoon.
As I was unloading, the car a Raven flew over and headed up along the East cliffs.
A few Willow Warblers
in the garden and a Chiffchaff, a little
later went for a walk down to the
bill and flushed a Tree Pipit and
two Yellow Wagtails from the crop
field, a few Wheatears at the bill
and a flock of a hundred plus Starling
feeding around the bill area and the common.
The sea was quiet with a small trickle of Gannets and some local Shag movement.
Butterflies and Dragonflies around with several Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood,
Small Tortoiseshell, Small White and a Gatekeeper. Blue Emperor,
Migrant Hawker and Common Darter, a Silver Y moth seen in the garden and an Speckled Bush Cricket.
http://www.portlandbirdobs.org.uk/aa_latestnews.htm
Speckled Bush Cricket
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