A Great Day on the Dorset Coast

Gosh i had a job rousing myself from my stinking pit on Sunday morning, after the seasonal innebriation of the night before. So what's new,,,, i fed the birds and got out about 9.30am. I decided to have a shot at the Glossy Ibis that's been hanging around Radipole, near Weymouth. Beautiful morning, but i didn't have too much expectation of good shots. Generally these 'drop in' birds have gone elsewhere before i get there. Quite a surprise then to get there, and find this bird posing so well.

Well chuffed with these shots i decided to try for a really rare Guillemot that has been hanging around Portland Harbour. Had a long sit on cold, hard rock that played havoc with my 'Chalfonts', with Chris (Roly) Rowland, for most of the mid-day and early afternoon. Eventually we were rewarded and i got fairly good shots of Brunnich's Guillemot, a rare event indeed, on the south coast.