Dorset Walks
Monday March 18th River Stour at White Mill
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio
After a very cold and wet weekend we were treated to a lovely calm afternoon to walk along the River Stour from White Mill to Sturminster Marshall.
The river was in full flood but the fields were surprisingly dry and full of birds including at least 4 buzzards, 2 kestrels and a good sized flock of lapwings.
The most unexpected sighting was the group of 3 Mediterranean gulls that appeared overhead calling loudly.
Crossing one of the streams I noticed a particularly handsome lichen growing on the hand-rail.
As I know pretty much nothing about lichens I've uploaded the photo onto iSpot to see if anyone can tell me which lichen it is.
See http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/319237.
Click on the photo to go to the iSpot page where the species should be confirmed.
You do not need to be enrolled in iSpot to view the page.
Birds
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Cormorant
Mallard
Lapwing
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Kestrel
Buzzard
Pheasant
Wood Pigeon
Stock Dove
Nuthatch (heard)
Song Thrush
Robin
Wren
Carrion Crow
Rook
Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
These are the videos I took during the afternoon. The last one is the otter I saw here last September.
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