The morning was spent on Portland firstly at the bill for a very quiet seawatch which saw singles of Arctic Skua and Manx Shearwater. I missed a Great Northern Diver but had 13 Common Scoter amongst the regular fair.
A walk around the island with Roly did not produce much more than the regular Merlin, Wheatear and a close up view of a Whinchat in the hand at the observatory.
Roly and I moved on to Lodmoor but the stay there was cut short by news from Brett that a Tawny Pipit had been found by Nick Senior on Cogden Beach. Without wasting any time we by returned to our cars and went in convoy to the beach. After a mile training session on the shingle which is becoming a habit this week the flighty bird was located by Pete Coe, Joe Stockwell and co.
The bird was busy scurrying between patches of kale happily feeding en route spending some time on the open shingle before moving out of view sometimes for several minutes. The bird was flushed by three helicopters that simultaneously flew low over the beach.
It took a while to re locate the pipit but it eventually re-appeared further down the beach. As the sun lowered as the evening progressed the bird ventured within a short distance of the remaining few.
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