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Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 18th of February 2012
18th – A day of weather contrasts – a fine morning sandwiched between a post-dawn shower and a much wetter afternoon – produced a maybe overdue highlight in the form of a brief Iceland Gull off the Bill in the morning; another 5 Red-throated Divers and a Common Scoter also passed through on the sea [...]
Exploring Nature Walks Broadcroft Quarry 24th of February 2012
Portland has very little in the way of fresh water ponds so the few that do exist are much in demand by the island’s amphibian population. Most are very busy in February especially in mild weather. As today fulfilled both of these requirements we decided to pay a visit to the ponds at the eastern [...]
Bumpers Lane Planning Application
Comments on P/A 11/00981/OUTMAJ 60-90 houses, Bumpers Lane, Portland. I support the principle of housing development on this site, but object to the density, the layout, and the design in this application. Wakeham is one of the most historic parts of Portland, and the rich variety of vernacular houses and ottages there is the reason [...]
The WPNSA 2012 Event Agenda
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is enjoying a landmark year for 2012 at the award winning multi sports venue. Olympic camps have already been in full swing at the premier sailing and windsurfing destination as well as youth winter training. Already capable of hosting over 1,000 competitors at a time and providing [...]
Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 11th of February 2012
11th – A much more pleasant day than yesterday. Signs of the prevailing cold weather included 11 Lapwings and 3 Golden Plovers scattered around the south of the island, together with small increases in one or two commoner species that included counts of 15 Song Thrushes and 5 Chiffchaffs at the Bill. The sea came [...]
Divers find gun under Ferry Bridge
UE Dive Team’s plan this Thursday was to dive under Ferry Bridge, Portland’s only road link to the mainland, to collect some essential data and photographs. The idea being to dive it on “slack” where the tidal flow comes to a halt for about three quarters of an hour giving us a relatively long window [...]
Moments in time – The MEMO project
The MEMO project recently received planning permission from W&P Planning Committee for it’s ambitious global monument ”conceived as a single spiral of stone, lined with images of the 860 species assessed as extinct since the dodo”. Sited on the west cliffs of Portland overlooking Hallelujah Bay and Chesil Beach, MEMO will, in effect, bring the 185 million [...]
My Bouldering Cave
As I said in my last post I have built a bouldering cave in my garage. Lots of people in the world have done this. Some have made small ones like me and some have made huge great walls on or in their house. It all depends on the space you have and how best [...]
Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 4th of February 2012
4th – After another frosty night it wasn’t long before a veil of cloud rolled in and by mid-afternoon there was steady light rain falling. Cold weather arrivals included a second Reed Bunting, a Dunlin and a Snipe at the Bill, 3 more Teal through on the sea there, 2 Wigeon in Portland Harbour and [...]
Exploring Nature Walks Portland Harbour 10th of February 2012
A cold and wet day with a freezing south-easterly wind so we opted to leave the top of the island and venture “underhill” to see what was sheltering in the harbour. Our first stop was Portland Castle where we found plenty of Red-breasted Mergansers but not much else on the sea. The castle gardens had [...]