Slavonian Grebe
| Starting at the end of Old Castle Road we managed to find a good range of birds in the harbour including Mergansers, Mediterranean Gulls, Great-crested Grebes and a Slavonian Grebe. |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio
Slavonian Grebe |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio
Winter Heliotrope |
Next we walked north along the Rodwell Trail looking at the variety of trees and shrubs that have arrived since the line was last used. Most were Sycamore and Ash but we also found Holm Oak, Yew, Beech and Bullate Cotoneaster. A patch of flowering Winter Heliotrope were memorable for the intense fragrance they gave off. |
| The shady Rodwell Cutting produced a few interesting fungi including Jew's Ear and Varicoloured Bracket. |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio
Varicoloured Bracket |
| The best bird of the afternoon waited until just before we started back when a Sparrowhawk appeared just in front of us as we were enjoying the view over Weymouth from the embankment above Marsh Road. |
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Birds Slavonian Grebe Great Crested Grebe Cormorant Little Egret Red-breasted Merganser Sparrowhawk Mediterranean Gull Black Headed Gull Herring Gull Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail Dunnock Robin Blackbird Long-tailed Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Carrion Crow House Sparrow Goldfinch |
Plants Male Fern Hartstongue Yew Clematis Beech Turkey Oak Holm Oak Hazel Sweet Violet Primrose Cherry Laurel Blackthorn Bramble Holly Box Sycamore Ivy Cow Parsley Hogweed Alexanders Buddleia Ash Garden Privet Water Figwort Honeysuckle Laurustinus Nipplewort Winter Heliotrope Lords-and-Ladies Pendulous Sedge |
Fungi Jew's Ear Varicoloured Bracket |