Friday, January 25, 2008

Portland Harbour

I've put a map of some birding spots round Weymouth on google:

A few shots of Portland Harbour from various vantage points.

Castle Cove Yacht Club. There’s a small area for parking at the end of Castle Road and from here there’s a good view towards the isle of Portland. From here there’s often Black-Necked Grebe, and today was Slavonian Grebe and Great Northern Diver. The gull flocks in the second picture contained several Mediterranean Gulls today






Ferrybridge. There’s a large parking area here and an information centre with snack bar. Ideally view as the tide comes up and brings waders/ducks/gulls towards you, otherwise at low tide the limits of your telescope’s capabilities will be tested



National Sailing Academy. Its possible to park here by the road or in the NSA car park. The view back towards Weymouth can yield Divers, Grebes, and Sea Duck.