Forget Blackney point, Fair Isle, Cape Clear for your rare birds, Weymouth was the place to be this morning. Our Long billed Dowitcher has decided that Lodmoor is a nice place to spend the winter and joining it this morning was a Great White Egret. Very nice indeed. Then the real highlight of the morning appeared standing on the ice outside the visitor centre, a Glossy Ibis.
The last Glossy Ibis we had on our Weymouth reserves was a few months ago at Lodmoor but it sadly disappeared before a majority of birdwatchers could see it. This morning’s bird did pretty much the same thing. As soon as I spotted it, it took off and headed up the reserve before disappearing. Ten minutes later is reappeared over the reserve and tried to land but spooked the gull flock and went off with them. It then came back a third time before heading off over Portland harbour towards Portland but this time it didn't come back.
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