On An Island - David Gilmour

After yesterday's wander through Wildlife-ville 

again today we set off to discover more about Dorset than 

Wild Things, but not before the Moth Traps were checked.

Both

 COPPER UNDERWING

and

 SIX-STRIPED RUSTIC

are additions to the Year List while

 COMMON EMERALD

is nothing more than eye-catching.

 Yet another of the 'dark morph'

TRUE LOVER'S KNOT

and a representative of the few Micros that we can identify

MOTHER of PEARL

We started yesterday's Sight Seeing at

the Maximum Security Jail

on the Isle of Portland here in Dorset.

The spot opposite this gateway affords the best panorama looking north.

From left the huge expanse of West Bay and then the 18 miles of shingle that is

CHESIL BEACH

one of the minor natural wonders of the world.

Left again is the National Sailing Academy, a legacy from the 2012

Olympic Games, and centre Queens Pier the main berths for larger shipping.

On the left can be seen a pair of

MULBERRY HARBOUR UNITS

used in World War II as, for want of a better expression, 

Mobile Harbours while centre is

COALING PIER.

Right of the Coaling Pier the view takes us across
Weymouth Bay and onward to the
Purbeck Peninsular.
Onward to the most southerly tip of the Island and

 PORTLAND BILL LIGHTHOUSE
the only 'active' one of the 3 lighthouses here.

 Unfortunately, hardly any birds so this
CORMORANT
was most welcome.

 Speedboat passing the Bill.

 PULPIT ROCK

 The second oldest of the 3 the
OLD LOWER LIGHT

 along with the oldest.

 PENNSYLVANIA CASTLE

 AVICE'S COTTAGE
The statues on the hill depicting the 2 main industries
on the Island

 STONE MASONRY
and

FISHING

PORTLAND CASTLE

built as part of Henry VIII's Sea Defences.

"But - Don't Look Back in Anger

I Hear You Say"!

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