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- Exploring Nature Walks Fancy’s Family Farm 22nd of June 2012
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Exploring Nature Walks Broadcroft Quarry 30th of September 2011
Portland this morning was basking in an unusually warm Indian summer, the light south-easterly wind encouraging huge numbers of Swallows and House Martins to fly south. Pipits and wagtails were in amongst the Swallows and in amongst the pipits was a larger bird – a Merlin. This acrobatic little raptor follows its food supply south [...]
Nickodemus Knob
Went out today and when I woke up I thought I would go back to where I got scared when I first started climbing many years ago. So here I am at the foot of the famous Nickodemus Knob. On this rock there are 4 routes. I only managed 2 as the rock on the [...]
Sailing the Olympic waters, events and continued training
Saturday was a beautiful morning and as I headed down to the Sailing Academy I was especially pleased as it was the first time I had been dinghy sailing in nearly 10 days! The Academy was absolutely buzzing as it was the first day of the RYA Volvo Southern Zone Championships. This is two days [...]
Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 17th of September 2011
17th – The brief respite from brisk westerlies came to an end and most of the day’s reports came from the seawatchers: 2 Grey Phalaropes and an Arctic Skuawere at Chesil Cove and 16 Balearic Shearwaters, 9 Common Scoter, 4 Arctic Skuas, 3 Great Skuas, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, a Sandwich Tern, a Sabine’s Gull and a Puffin passed by off the Bill. The only reports from [...]
Portland Guided Walk Suckthumb Quarry 23rd of September 2011
With the country full of American birds blown over in the recent gales I thought I would pay a visit to the last site I saw an American landbird – Southwell Hump at Avalanche Road. On the way we walked through Suckthumb Quarry between Weston and Southwell. The Sycamores and Buddlieas were full of birds [...]
Dorset Wedding Fayre
Get inspiration for the perfect Dorset Wedding at The Venue Hotel, Portland. The event on 16th Oct , 11-4pm, will include: a catwalk show of bridal and groom wear at 12 and 2pm, a select number of quality local wedding suppliers; complimentary canapés and Hog Roast; and guided tours of the venue and onsite spa. [...]
Portland Guided Walk Chesil Cove 16th of September 2011
After a very rough week indeed we decided to visit the site of most of the action – Chesil Cove. 200 years ago this was known as “Deadman’s Cove” because of the horrific scenes encountered after shipwrecks, and it still tends to be where most of the flotsam and jetsam turns up after a storm. [...]
Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 10th of September 2011
10th – Although there were a few migrants grounded on the land, including singles of Merlin, Redstart, Pied Flycatcher and Spotted Flycatcher at the Bill and another Pied Flycatcher at Verne Common, most of the day’s fieldwork was devoted to the sea. There was no great quantity of birds on the move off the Bill, [...]
New Crags at Neddyfields and The Veranda
Went for a walk today to find these new crags that some guys on Portland have put up in the last year or so. To start off I went to Neddyfields where I found 3 new routes. They look amazing, I cant wait to climb them. As I was there I found that there was [...]
Autumn winds
Well its that time of the year where the tiny wave boards and speed boards come out to play, shredding off dust as the first tail ends of Hurricane Katia hit the UK. Portland has higher wind stats than most other spots along the south coast of England, due to its geographical positon and its unquie setup. [...]