A trip down to Weymouth this afternoon and a walk around Radipole RPSB reserve. With path to North Hide being closed due to flooding it ended up being a shorter walk than I was expecting and I was restricted to the Buddleia Loop. As it happened it was a pretty quiet afternoon on the bird front with not much variety on offer. I heard several Water Rails squealing, though only one showed itself, and Cetti's Warblers were equally vocal and even more elusive to see!
A female-type Marsh Harrier was seen perched on a distant tree in the middle of the reed beds somewhere over towards north hide and on returning to the car park around half a dozen Mediterranean Gulls were seen (but most gulls simply passed by overhead without dropping in).
In fact, it was such a poor afternoon on the bird front I didn't even see the now resident Hooded Merganser! That being said it was great to get out and have a walk in the sun rather than having to dodge the rain.
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