Dorset birding (5 Viewers)

[pooleparrot]

Morden Bog

This morning, 4 Dartford W's , Male and Female Redstart, 1 Woodlark and Tree Pipits.

 

[Flemingo]

Walk around Longham Sunday morning. Not very exciting. Terns still there. Also Egyptian goose which seems to only have 7 site records so far so worth a mention. Also Mandarin reported that I didn't see, but strangely also has only 7 records to date.

 

[DorsetDude]

Egyptian Goose still at longham Sunday evening on large lake near bottom island. Possibly 3 common sands in flight but cant be sure.

pooleparrot: the big black border around you photos is a bit OTT IMVHO

 

[scary-canary]

This morning, 4 Dartford W's , Male and Female Redstart, 1 Woodlark and Tree Pipits.

Great shots. I don't mind the big black border. In fact I quite like it!!
Chris

 

[pooleparrot]

Egyptian Goose still at longham Sunday evening on large lake near bottom island. Possibly 3 common sands in flight but cant be sure.

pooleparrot: the big black border around you photos is a bit OTT IMVHO

DD , Sorry the borders are not to your liking, I find the black border sharpens the image and masks the fact that most are taken on manual focus with my bottom end DSLR camera and are therfore not always pin point sharp, but each to their own.

Thanks Chris , 1 of the Dartfords is as close to pin point as I think I will get.

Ian

PS Just going to review todays photos , so you may or may not get some more borders.

 

[pooleparrot]

Holes Bay & Upton CP

Early morning walk, good numbers of Curlew and Blackwit, 1 Spot Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper on the shoreline below the railway bridge. 1 Sparrowhawk and lots of Reed Warblers feeding young as well as a few Sedge Warbler.

 

[Flemingo]

School holidays. Thought I would occupy the kids today by getting them to photograph butterflies on the Buddleias. Huh! Where are all the butterflies??? Not a single one. Is it just my garden or have others notice the absence?

 

[pooleparrot]

School holidays. Thought I would occupy the kids today by getting them to photograph butterflies on the Buddleias. Huh! Where are all the butterflies??? Not a single one. Is it just my garden or have others notice the absence?

David, you are not alone , our couple of Buddleias have been very quiet this year even with this recent blast of sun.

Ian

 

[Wendy Morris]

The only decent show of butterflies that I have seen recently has been in the meadows on the public side of Sutton Bingham, which I suspect is actually in Somerset anyway! Saw more in April and that warm spell in May than in the last two months put together as far as the garden is concerned.

 

[MSA]

Over the past couple of days, I've seen more butterflies than I've seen all summer to date - mind you, that's still not very many! There has definitely been an upturn though - is emergence triggered by the sun or by temperature, I wonder?

 

[Flemingo]

Longham, Sunday morning: It's oh so quiet!

Only comments are 53 Mutes which is quite high for the site and still 2 Common Sands about.

 

[pooleparrot]

Morden Bog

Lots of migrants today with a couple of groups of Chiffs and WW's feeding though the trees, each group totalling in the twenties, also a couple of flocks of Crossbills and 2 Dartford Warblers.

 

[Hirundapus]

Can anybody tell me if the otters are still showing at Blandford Forum please? I visited three times during my last Dorset trip, in March this year, and missed them each time, once by only a couple of minutes.

 

[pooleparrot]

Holes Bay

Holes Bay this morning, 1 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and few Whimbrel. Good numbers of Redshank and Blackwits and a handful of Curlews and Dunlin.

 

[Farnboro John]

Can anybody tell me if the otters are still showing at Blandford Forum please? I visited three times during my last Dorset trip, in March this year, and missed them each time, once by only a couple of minutes.

Me too, PM if preferred.

John

 

[nairny]

Me too, PM if preferred.

John

Sorry folks but I hope not, they have wiped out the entire fish population along that stretch and are now starting on local ponds, years ago I loved to see them , but now there are too many re-introductions of the non indigenous species, what will happen next, they will start on the avian population, along this stretch of river, as they have in other places along the Stour,:eek!:- I see them every weekend when I am fishing, and they are everywhere along the river. And indeed in most other rivers in the UK the same thing is happening.:eek!:

 

[luke]

Sorry folks but I hope not, they have wiped out the entire fish population along that stretch and are now starting on local ponds, years ago I loved to see them , but now there are too many re-introductions of the non indigenous species, what will happen next, they will start on the avian population, along this stretch of river, as they have in other places along the Stour,:eek!:- I see them every weekend when I am fishing, and they are everywhere along the river. And indeed in most other rivers in the UK the same thing is happening.:eek!:

So many things wrong with that post.... I'll leave it at that!

 

[nairny]

So many things wrong with that post.... I'll leave it at that!

Please tell me your thoughts, I have done a lot of research on this subject so will be interested in your reply.

 

[scary-canary]

So many things wrong with that post.... I'll leave it at that!

Agreed

 

[Farnboro John]

Sorry folks but I hope not, they have wiped out the entire fish population along that stretch and are now starting on local ponds, years ago I loved to see them , but now there are too many re-introductions of the non indigenous species, what will happen next, they will start on the avian population, along this stretch of river, as they have in other places along the Stour,:eek!:- I see them every weekend when I am fishing, and they are everywhere along the river. And indeed in most other rivers in the UK the same thing is happening.:eek!:

I am unafraid: your lack of understanding of basic predator prey dynamics is breathtaking. Prey control predator numbers and not the other way round.

John