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Monday, 9 November 2026

Birds at Lodmoor nature reserve, Weymouth - 12th October 2026

It was a very wet morning, so I did not go out until about 11.00 when I got the bus to Poole and then travelled by train to Weymouth.  I walked along the seafront, past this row of coloured houses

and then took a stroll in Greenhill Gardens to look at the wonderful flower display


and then past some Art Deco buildings


On arrival at Lodmoor nature reserve, I first saw this Bar-tailed Godwit wading in shallow water

Dunnock standing on a bench in the reserve

The head of a distant Great White Egret was poking up out of the reeds

The Great White Egret flew away!

Little Egret and Godwit in the shallow water

Lapwing on land

and another Lapwing at the edge of the lagoon

Great White Egret standing on a narrow spit of land in the lagoon

Cattle Egret in the distance

View of part of Lodmoor nature reserve

Sandwich Tern in the water

and then in flight

There were lots of Golden Plovers on the other side of Lodmoor


Golden Plovers and a Little Egret

Golden Plovers and three Dunlin

Golden Plover in the foreground and houses on the hill in the background


Black-tailed Godwit standing in the lagoon


Pretty blossom in front of the water

Godwit with an itch!

Little Egret with a little fish

I walked back to the station along the windy sea front with some tankers on the horizon


 

Friday, 8 December 2023

Wildlife seen during a boat trip with Birds of Poole Harbour during my stay in Poole during October

 I had booked a birding boat trip round Poole Harbour on one morning during my visit to Poole.  It was definitely worth it!  Below is some of the wildlife that I saw during that journey.

Cormorant fly-past and White-tailed Eagle sitting on spit of land in the Wareham Channel 

Rear view of the White-tailed Eagle

Chinese Water deer in the reeds at the edge of the Wareham Channel

Sandwich Tern perching on a post in the Wareham Channel

Wareham church in the distance

Kingfisher perching on top of a post in the river near Wareham

Osprey with a large flat fish flew above the boat

Unbelievably, two Paddleboarders paddled very close to a pair of White-tailed Eagles!

Looking over the wall into Brownsea lagoon - Oystercatchers and Spoonbills near the wall

The wall round the edge of the lagoon on Brownsea Island