Dorset Walks

Thursday September 15th       Church Ope Cove and Penn's Weare

Autumn Migrants
The tress near the car park should hols migrants such as Willow Warblers and flycatchers.	Willow Warbler
Wheatear	Reaching the open land around the railway line will give us the chance to see Wheatears and perhaps a Whinchat or two. Autumn migrants include a large proportion of inexperienced first-year birds which may have wandered far from their normal migration routes. These could include species not normally seen in Britain such as Desert Wheatears from the Middle East.
We'll keep an eye on the skies as this is peak raptor migration time and if we're lucky we could see a passing Buzzard, Marsh Harrier or even an Osprey. Red Kites are becoming more common in England and will be spreading south in September looking for suitable wintering areas.	Marsh Harrier

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