Purple Sandpipers +

A seawatch of a couple of hours did not produce anything except Gannets, Kittiwakes, 5 Common Scoter and the usual common species.  Rater strangely the Guillemots were still perched on the nesting cliffs and there was a steady flow of birds flying past the Bill.

Only one Purple Sandpiper was on view today and I managed a couple of short videos.  These are delightful birds which are easily overlooked.  They are not normally found on the typical wader habitat but on rocky headlands such as that at Portland Bill.  It is nice to watch them as they defy the incoming waves.

After leaving the Bill I stopped briefly at Ferrybridge where there were distant Dunlin, Ringed Plover and about 5 Red-breasted Mergansers.  Then onto Radipole Lake for another brief visit.  I counted 57 Mediterranean Gulls from the RSPB information centre but was told that they often get many more.

Mediterranean Gull - An adult in the car park at Radipole Lake.