Arrived on Portland later than usual yesterday so little to note from then. So today dawned rather quietly. We were expecting fog, so decided to have a lay-in. Still managed to wake at 06:00, looked out the window. No fog. So better get up. However, it proved a very slow day with very little noted:
Migrants were very thin on the ground, a Lesser Whitethroat, a few Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear, Stonechat, 22 Swallow, 4 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Shoveler, 3 Manx Shearwater and a Puffin.
We decided to take a look at the Auk colony to see if we could find a Puffin but no luck but plenty of Guillemot and Razorbill.
Butterflies: Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Red Admiral and Wall Brown.
Moths: a Boxworth Snout. (a scarce species caught by John Lucas).
Insects: Boat Bug.
Guillemot
Razorbill
Boxworth Snout
Boat Bug
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Insect photos courtesy Loren.
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