J L S (Part VI cont)

To continue the adventure in Pictures we prioritise by heading straight off to the

 Wiine and Beer store where we will meet my guide

FOREST ROWLAND and his most able assistant BETH DAVY

 before heading off for the

CLIFFS

Great Expectations here and there were to be no disappointments!

First up, and always nice to start the day with a 'Lifer'

 CRESTED AUKLET

(just wait until there's one of them at

Portland Bill

similar has happened see below)

A FLOWER?

 GREEN-WINGED TEAL

HARBOUR SEAL PUP

again we saw no adults

 The Bizarre

HORNED PUFFIN

VEGA GULL

 SNOW BUNTING

(male)

SNOW BUNTING

(female)

SNOW BUNTING

(juvenile)

 Diverse Mosses

 PACIFIC WREN

LEAST AUKLET

Then the moment I had hoped and waited for

as we located

what was thought to be

 the only

 RED-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
on the Island

 The long wait was over as the penultimate and

 53rd speicies of Gull reached the log.
Already it was felt that a trip to the Far East would soon follow.

PARAKEET AUKLET

 and

PARAKEET AUKLET between 2 LEAST AUKLET's

 ROCK SANDPIPER

RED-FACED CORMORANT

 There have been a number of vagrants from such distant shores

to have shown themselves in

 Great Britain

 such as Ancient and Long-billed Murrlet along with Tufted Puffin

 but

 what the American's call

 Thick-billed Murre

 and what we know as

BRÜNNICH’S GUILLEMOT

 has not only shown up in GB but on my former patch of

 Portland Harbour - Dorset

 This is the bird which stayed a few days, much to the 'Twitchers' delight

 and seen and 'clicked' by me on 29/11/2013

As recalled when successfully twitching the Ancient Murrelet on Lundy Island 03/06/1990,

it was me who also observed "we'll never see the likes of that on our shores again"! 

Why don't I just keep it shut?

As on the 11/11/2006 we travelled to Dawlish Warren, again in Devon to veiw a superb

Long-billed Murrelet

For those of you who are still awake we end this second part of the Trilogy

with a sight very few people are likely to have seen 

 Given the Distribution of this Bird

as we return to the

 GREY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH
whiche were captured 
displaying,

 copulating

 displaying again
and

 carrying nesting material........