Leaving Portland and Ferrybridge behind us we drove in to Weymouth and spent a couple of hours at Radipole wandering around the reserve.
We walked out to the hide first, seeing at least four Bearded Tits en route as well as several singing Cetti's Warblers and Reed Warblers plus a coupe of Sedge Warblers. Overhead a good number of Swifts were noted. When we reached the hide I scanned across the reedbeds and found a Cuckoo sat on a fence post. It got a little harried by a Magpie and soon flew, but settled on another fence post for quite some time.
Leaving the hide we put up a pair of Bearded Tits that must have been feeding right next to the path, and a singing Lesser Whitethroat showed well for a while.
A walk around the buddleia loop produced a Common Sandpiper and as we returned to the visitor centre the now resident Hooded Merganser was flying around with a female Tufted Duck, not sure how far he got though! All in all a brilliant morning out and home in time for lunch.
No comments:
Post a Comment