March 02, 2007
Friday 2nd March
WEYMOUTH
The weather forecast for once was spot on today, a frost early, then sunny, clouding over in the morning, with rain from lunch time. So with this in mind we went to Weymouth and postponed the shopping until lunch time.
We walked around RSPB Radipole Lake, where the feature of the morning was the number of singing Cettis Warblers, as usual they were elusive, but one eventually gave us good but very brief views. Water Rails were squealing from the reed beds and two Reed Buntings showed well, singing from the tops of small trees. Long-tailed Tits busied themselves through the Hawthorns and overhead a circling Sparrowhawk gained the attention of three concerned Greenfinches.
Water birds included Little and Great-crested Grebes, Gadwall, Teal, Tufted and Ruddy Ducks, Shoveler Wigeon and Pochard, and the Gulls were represented by Black-headed, Lesser and Greater Black-backed, Herring, and Common. Luckily we were back in the car when right on cue the rain started.
Lesser Celandine
Dunnock
Lichen
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Mallard
Mute Swans
Dog Violet