Sunday 3 November 2024

Black Redstart

A quick trip down to Exmouth this morning got me my first Black Redstart in my home county of Devon this year .                                                                                                                                                    With a female bird showing well around the flats in the Shelly Beach area .

Black Redstart ( Phoenicurus ochruos ) . Exmouth . Devon


 

Tuesday 29 October 2024

Red-Necked Grebe

 A trip up to Portland in Dorset this morning to look for a Red-Necked Grebe that could possibly be of the Holboell`s Race . We soon got onto it but it always stayed quite distant from us .

We then went to the Chiswell area of Chesil Beach where we saw 2 Black Redstart and 2 Common Stonechat . Our day was finished off at Portland Bill where we saw 3 Common Raven and in the Observatory they had a Silver-Striped Hawkmoth.... A new one for me 😊

Red-Necked Grebe ( Podiceps grisegena ) . Portland Harbour . Dorset


 


 


 

Black Redstart ( Phoenicurus ochruros ) . Chilwell . Dorset