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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 3d

Bridge Camp 31 Oct:
Bar Tailed Godwit 3 in paddock
Sooty Shearwater 1E fairly close 09:25
Good numbers of Gannets and Auks east

The Fleet Littlesea
Common Scoter f
RB Merganser 9
No Teal down this end of the Fleet

Lynch Cove
Whimbrel
Kingfisher 2

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 8d

Ferrybridge 26 Oct
Knot 3, Bar-wit 3, Grey Plover 2, Curlew 1
Pale-bellied Brent 2
Colour Ringed Brent 4C
Wheatear 1 on Chesil pushing west.
Sea Campion and sea pinks still in flower.

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 8d

Same place time tide and weather: Liitlesea yesterday a notable 75 cormorants feeding on Fleet and roosting on chesil.
Today just 1
quiet - redpoll, rb merg 6
Lapwing 2w turnstone 13, whimbrel
Clouded Yellow at old camp

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 9d

Today's 2 ad and 6 juv Whooper Swans at Cuttcleaves Cove, The Fleet today.

Also in the area - the long-staying Whimbrel in Lynch Cove.
500+ Woodpigeons south over Littlesea first thing
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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 9d

Whooper swans 2 ad 6 juv Cuttcleaves cove The Fleet

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 16d

Littlesea etc 18 Oct
Redpoll 2
swallow c15
Short eared owl drifted W c12:15
Lynch Cove:
Whimbrel
Pale bellied Brent 2
Tidmoor Point:
Bar tailed godwit 1

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · 21d

The Fleet 13 Oct
Lynch Cove: Whimbrel
Tidmoor Point: Grey plover 4, barwit. R B Merganser 1
Brent goose 450+ off Butterstreet

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Oct 1

2 Sandwich Terns at Ferrybridge at dusk. Also one knot.

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 23

The Ibis(es) taking the overland shortcut between the Fleet and Weymouth Bay - roughly the line of Lynch Lane

Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 23

The 10 Glossy Ibis east over Lanehouse (Weymouth) 23 Sep this morning (09:14)
At the Bridging Camp first thing:
Snipe 1 East
Siskin
Skylark 2 SE
Cormorant 19 West over sea
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Not ibises.
Cormorant 19 West over sea - Bridging Camp

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 23

The 10 Glossy Ibis east over Lanehouse (Weymouth) 23 Sep this morning (09:14)
At the Bridging Camp first thing:
Snipe 1 East
Siskin
Skylark 2 SE
Cormorant 19 West over sea
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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 23

10 glossy ibis east over Lanehouse Weymouth 09:14

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 20

A (large) spider-hunting wasp sp at Tidmoor Point (The Fleet) yesterday 19 Sep.

Any suggestions as to precise ID welcome.

spider-hunting wasp sp at Tidmoor Point (The Fleet) 19 Sep

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 19

Littlesea TheFleet etc
Knot 1 common Sand 2
Sandwich Tern 9 - Chickerell Hive
Wheatear 2
Yellow Wagtail 11
Grey Wagtail 1SE
Good passage of swallows HMs mipits
Curlew yellow flag CJ Tidmoor Cove

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 15

At Lynch Cove on the Fleet, 5 Common Sandpipers

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 14

Beachcombing the Chesil from petrol station to Chesil Cove
3 dead gannets.
3 Goose Barnacle colonies.
A few oranges (seen before here) and a grapefruit.
Maybe non-ship assisted - making their own way from Spain or Florida ???
Can I tick grapefruit for Portland :)
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Goose Barnacles Chesil Cove - the small barnacles may have been more interesting to Darwin

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 7

Balearic Shearwater close in E & sat on sea off Camp Road and Littlesea 7-9am. One flock of 56 - if no duplicates then 130+
Shag juv on Fleet
Yellow Wagtail c.20
Lynch Cove: Common Sand 3, Moorhen Spot Fly
Tidmoor: Sandwich 6 Common Tern 7
Osprey fishing & on Chesil
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Balearic Shearwaters sat on sea off Camp Road, Wyke Regis 7 Sep

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yesterday's Ruff at Ferrybridge 6 Sep 2025
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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 6

Not found. by me - but ruff at Ferrybridge @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
2 knot 10 sandwich tern

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 5

Bridging camp etc 5 sep
Yellow wag 6 grounded 4SE
Grey wag 2 NW
Wheatear 5+
Clouded yellow
Offshore balearic 3+ on sea
Gull flock building with c15 sandwich/commic terns

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 2

Not counted but c.10+ Red-veined Darters at Yeolands Quarry, Portland on 31 Aug
Most teneral/female types but one battered male
Several exuvias too.
Common darters too - and poor views of an emperor of some sort oviposting.
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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Sep 2

Unexpected Herps from the last week or so.
Wall Lizard (presumably - unless more exotic) in a Weymouth colony.
Common Toad on Ringstead Beach 29 August

Common Toad on Ringstead Beach 29 August

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Aug 27

Littlesea The Fleet 27 Aug
Total of 13 Balearic east close in.
Sandwich tern 1
Knot 1 on Chesil
Yellow wag 1
Sand martin a few

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Aug 23

Portland 23 Aug: Lesser Whitethroat and Hummingbird Hawkmoth at the Naval Cemetry.
Redstart in Admiralty Quarry
Single Knot at Ferrybridge among the usual suspects.
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Portland 23 Aug: Lesser Whitethroat at the Naval Cemetry.

Portland 23 Aug: Hummingbird Hawkmoth at the Naval Cemetery.

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Aug 22

A birdier feel to Littlesea/Fleet etc today. Willow ws Yellow wag wheatear 2. Plenty of sand martins again. Bar wit in the narrows. Curlew with yellow flag too distant to read properly but different to last winters CJ

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Steve M @steveweynature.bsky.social · Aug 15

3 black-tailed godwits at Littlesea The Fleet thus morning the first notable waders for me on patch thus autumn

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