As I didn't have to work today, Ellie and I took advantage of the nice weather and headed down to Weymouth. We drove straight down to Radipole RSPB and took a walk around the reserve. We were hoping to see a few migrants, but birds were thin on the ground. A few Cetti's Warblers were singing and we did manage a cracking view of one. As we were returning to the car we bumped in to a mate of mine who pointed out an Alpine Swift flying overhead!
After such a great find we drove round to Lodmoor RSPB and had our picnic lunch. A quick scout over the reserve failed to produce any much of note, and a passing birder told us there was little about. So we decided against a walk around the reserve and drove off to Langton Herring for a walk instead.
We parked up in the village and walked out to Rodden Hive, the site where I had successfully twitched the Bufflehead earlier in the month. As we neared the water's edge we met a couple of birders and asked if they had seen the Hoopoe that had been in the area for the last week or so. Fortunately, they had just seen it, but it had moved out of site. So we all walked on a few yards and luck was with us as the Hoopoe was feeding on the path right in front of us. We watched it for about fifteen minutes and whilst doing so a Swallow flew overhead. With time pressing on we decided to head on home.
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