Went back to Portland Bill today. Sea watching produced a distant Great Skua, 7 gannets as well as the usual guillemots, razorbills and fulmars. A hobby in the top fields again was the only other bird of note. Ferrybridge produced goods numbers of Little Tern and Bar-Tailed Godwit at long range but I didn't walk out very far.
After hearing that a Red-Rumped Swallow had flew west past Lodmoor, we headed there (though we weren't able to get there until an hour after) only to find that it hadn't been seen again. We then rushed over to Radipole Lake in the hope that it might have lingered, but still no sign despite increased number of hirundines. We headed back to Lodmoor to look for the Purple Heron but didn't locate it before we had to leave at 1800 hrs. Did have at least 3 common terns - much lower numbers than have breeding here in previous years.
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