October 10, 2008
Friday 10th October
RED-BACKED SHRIKE
We went to Pennington near Lymington today to see if we could see the Red-backed Shrike which has been frequenting bushes on the edge of Butts Lagoon for a few days now. There were no birders around so we had to find it for ourselves. We did and we have these pictures to prove it.
Thursday 9th October
DURLSTON COUNTRY PARK
After a false start to this revived Blog, and after an atrocious previous weekend, a lovely sunny Thursday afternoon saw us at Durlston Country Park near Swanage for a clifftop walk. We were hoping for Clouded Yellow butterfly, but had to be content with some pretty decent birds, which included six Kestrels, four Peregrines, Wheatear, Dartford Warbler and a superb male Merlin. We also saw a very inquisitive Stoat.
Wheatear
Kestrel
Peregrine
Stonechat
Stoat