Armistice Day

 

Lodmoor and Radipole Reserve Visit this Week

A visit to both Lodmoor and Radipole Reserves Weymouth proved to be more fruitful than of late.

A Male Kingfisher was helpful and waited quite some time for a photoshoot.

A Robin popped out of a bush for some seed. Unfortunately I didnt have any this time.

A distant Redshank was a nice change as I have not seen any for a while.

Canada Geese were flying around from one part of each Reserve quite a lot.

Common Snipe are returning to Lodmoor and now showing out well in some areas.

Plenty of Lapwing on display both on the ground and in the air.

Another Robin, but not as friendly.

Can you see the Snipe.

A flight of Canada Geese getting airborne from Radipole at dusk. 

Probably heading over to Lodmoor where there are plenty of safe flat roosting areas.

Remembrance Sunday

 

Autumn Birds Arriving

Golden Plover at Lodmoor Reserve Weymouth. 

Most probably not the last images you will see on my blog this Winter.😎

Mallard Pair

Stonechat (Female) on Bullrush

Robin

Little Egret (Various images)

Herring Gull (2nd Winter ?)

 

Robin and the a pile of bird seed.

Teal at Dusk

Clouded Yellow 2026

The Clouded Yellow Butterfly 2026 

What an amazing year for the Clouded Yellow this year has been. I live in the Southern part of the County of Dorset near the coast. Today 18th October I have observed and photographed at least eight in number of this species. This date above is at the extreme latter end of the life cycle of this butterfly. The weather (although sunny at times) was quite windy and the temperature at best was about 10 celsius.

I have mentioned in the past that if I see one or two in a year, I regard myself as very fortunate.

I guess that next year we will come back down to earth and see hardly any.

I believe this particular butterfly below is a female of the pale (Halice form). Up to 15% of females can be of this form.