A relatively quiet day started with a flurry of Tree Pipits (8), Yellow (14), Grey (4) and several “White” Wagtails overhead. A light but
steady flow of Hirundines through the day.
Other migrants thin on the ground probably due to the good
weather, singles of Turtle Dove, Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and Lesser
Whitethroat, several Common
Whitethroat (5), Sedge Warbler (4), Grasshopper Warbler
(2), Pied Flycatcher (2), Whinchat (2+), Stonechat (4), Chiffchaff (6) and
slightly higher numbers of Willow
Warbler (20+), Wheatear (20+) and Meadow Pipit (10), and a single Great-spotted Woodpecker that may be a resident from further up the
island.
Two Sparrowhawks,
a Peregrine and a Buzzard noted and two Raven seen most of the day in the area and
a flyover Turnstone and Curlew.
The sea was very quiet; the only species of note were
sixteen Common Scoter that flew
west.
A highlight was a pod of eight Bottlenose Dolphin that rounded the bill and headed up the east
side in to Weymouth bay.
A Blue Emperor
dragonfly took a Small White
butterfly and proceeded to partially eat it on the wing and dropped the remains
in the garden.A local farmer turned up with a moth he wanted identifying that turned out to be a Convolvulus Hawk Moth.
N.B. These are my
records as opposed to the overall observatory records.
Convolvulus Hawk Moth
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