Weymouth / Portland - Part II

 Leaving the Chinese Deligation to continue their discoveries, we made our way to the other side of Weymouth to wander around the

Lodmoor Nature Reserve

which for unknown reasons and after centuries the RSPB have decided to change the name????

Despite that the reserve was cramed full of Birds
(looking north)

(looking east)
and to break with tradition we will leave the Best until First whith a magical gathering of mostly Summer Plumaged

BLACK-TAILED GODWITs

with no appologies for the 'overkill'

we simply could not resist the temptation of sharing as much of the action as possible with our

Much Valued Audience.
If the Blashford Nature Reserve in Hampsire is anything of a marker

then surely

MEDITERRANEAN GULL

are going to establish a breeding colony

across the long standing

Common Tern Islands
as at the afore mentioned and they will be due back sometime soon.
Dotted here and there were representatives of the more common
Waterfowl such as

sleepy and alert

SHELDUCK

GADWALL

a decent gathering of

SHOVELER

while slightly less expected were a

"Fine Pair", as Pink Floyd might describe them of

WIGEON
Singularly the Bird of the Visit

had to fall to a

lone

and none to obliging

GREENSHANK
(next stop East Parley please)

With the

ALEXANDER
in full bloom, a great attractant to Insect life, no surprises to find newly arrived

CHIFFCHAFF
feeding and noisy

OYSTERCATCHERs

occassionally dipping into the briny for a dhobie.
The wander ended on a picturesque note as arriving at the

Preston Beach Road

to find the verges carpeted with full bloom

CELENDINES
Don't worry it won't be long before the Council come along with their mowers, which seems to be the norm not only here. Along the Bournemouth International Airport Perimeter Fence every year without fail they transform Monet into Moribund!
Why, Why Oh Why????