Bob Ford's Video Blog

Portland Bill
Saturday December 13th 2014



Saw these purple sandpipers at Portland Bill on a Heights Hotel Birdbreak today.



A couple of years ago I filmed these purple sandpipers feeding on the ledges there.



Sometimes they get too close to the waves!



See www.wildlifephotolibrary.com/birdbreaks/2014/Dec12/report.pdf for the full report of our weekend.



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February 2025
11/02 - glossy ibis

January 2025
21/01 - courting seals

April 2024
16/04 - mating swans

March 2024
19/03 - bristletail

17/01 - courting mallards

December 2023
18/12 - purple sandpiper

March 2022
08/03 - adders


December 2021
15/12 - starlings

October 2021
09/10 - snails

September 2021
26/09 - bee wolf
07/09 - wryneck

July 2021
31/07 - snorkelling
20/07 - shore crabs

June 2021
23/06 - hemlock water dropwort

April 2021
23/04 - whimbrel
17/04 - green woodpecker

March 2021
31/03 - grey heron

February 2021
26/02 - sparrowhawk
07/02 - brent geese
02/02 - goldeneye

January 2021
31/01 - peregrine
07/01 - sika


December 2020
11/12 - lapwings
11/12 - gulls
10/12 - ducks

November 2020
24/11 - sammy the seal
03/11 - hedgehog
01/11 - grey wagtail

May 2020
20/05 - egrets

April 2020
02/04 - magpie
01/04 - great-crested grebe

March 2020
22/03 - oystercatcher
21/03 - bee-fly


December 2019
07/12 - brown rat
03/12 - black-throated diver

September 2019
03/09 - otter

June 2019
27/06 - sedge warbler

May 2019
28/05 - bee nests
25/05 - water vole

March 2019
31/03 - beetles
26/03 - ravens

February 2019
25/02 - mosses
16/02 - slimbridge
09/02 - peregrines
06/02 - chaffinches
03/02 - curlew

January 2019
28/01 - common crane
20/01 - little egret
15/01 - grey plover


December 2018
16/12 - bearded tit
14/12 - great white egret
10/12 - little bunting
04/12 - ruff

November 2018
20/11 - ring-necked duck
06/11 - glaucous gull

October 2018
30/10 - common scoter
20/10 - two-spot goby
18/10 - greenshank
12/10 - black-faced blenny
02/10 - hornet

September 2018
21/09 - common blenny
09/09 - fifteen-spined stickleback
06/09 - small copper

August 2018
02/08 - pout and wrasse

July 2018
13/07 - compass jellyfish

June 2018
17/06 - toads
14/06 - lesser stag beetle

May 2018
08/05 - little egret

April 2018
09/04 - sea anemones

March 2018
19/03 - pipits
05/03 - ross's gull
04/03 - shags and cormorants

February 2018
16/02 - white-fronted geese

January 2018
23/01 - brambling
14/01 - black-necked grebe
12/01 - starlings


December 2017
16/12 - brent geese

November 2017
29/11 - goosanders
18/11 - cormorants
10/11 - field mouse
09/11 - avocets

October 2017
11/10 - lesser yellowlegs
09/10 - skylarks
04/10 - marine worm

September 2017
29/09 - crows
23/09 - great white egret
20/09 - prawns
18/09 - snipe
13/09 - american sandpipers
06/09 - dor beetle

August 2017
26/08 - sea slug

July 2017
30/07 - brown hairstreak
12/07 - silver-washed fritillaries
04/07 - common shrew

June 2017
04/06 - grey mullet

May 2017
16/05 - sedge warbler
02/05 - adders

April 2017
30/04 - reed warbler
16/04 - tiger beetle
15/04 - wood ants
13/04 - ducks
09/04 - seabirds

March 2017
11/03 - grey heron

February 2017
19/02 - wagtails
09/02 - finches


December 2016
17/12 - reed bunting
13/12 - turnstones
08/12 - cattle egrets

November 2016
12/11 - purple sandpipers
01/11 - grey plover

October 2016
19/10 - sika stag
15/10 - bass fishing
13/10 - dippers
07/10 - magpies
01/10 - ivy bees

September 2016
22/09 - dor beeetle
18/09 - osprey
13/09 - ortolan bunting

August 2016
25/08 - garganey

July 2016
30/07 - wood and green sandpipers
20/07 - white admiral

June 2016
21/06 - green hairstreak
12/06 - bumble-bees
05/06 - small mountain ringlet

May 2016
17/05 - bloody-nosed beetle
16/05 - cardinal beetle
04/05 - water vole
03/05 - black-tailed godwit

April 2016
20/04 - chiffchaff
18/04 - cetti's warbler
17/04 - blackcap
13/04 - fulmar
02/04 - great crested newt

March 2016
29/03 - oil beetle
13/03 - cetti's warbler
06/03 - weasel
02/03 - pallas's warbler

February 2016
29/02 - spoonbill
19/02 - raven
12/02 - tits and finches
01/02 - dung beetle

January 2016
26/01 - storm at portland bill
04/01 - red-breasted merganser


December 2015
30/12 - storm frank
27/12 - short-eared owl
22/12 - male marsh harrier
18/12 - rock pipit
14/12 - great northern diver

November 2015
30/11 - tame robin
22/11 - fox hunting voles
16/11 - daubenton's bat

October 2015
29/10 - kestrel
25/10 - chiffchaff
21/10 - water vole

September 2015
29/09 - long-winged conehead
15/09 - grey phalarope
10/09 - little egret
06/09 - kingfisher

August 2015
25/08 - grey heron
03/08 - little egret

July 2015
23/07 - silver-washed fritillary
22/07 - wood ants
21/07 - red deer
08/07 - high brown fritillary

June 2015
30/06 - leaf-cutter bee
29/06 - female marsh harrier
27/06 - fox family
21/06 - emperor dragonfly
15/06 - green tiger beetle
07/06 - smooth-hound

May 2015
28/05 - pearl-bordered fritillary
27/05 - pearl-bordered fritillary
26/05 - wood warbler
24/05 - common tern
09/05 - swallows
03/05 - male marsh harrier

April 2015
21/04 - greenshank
13/04 - roe deer
09/04 - sandwich terns
08/04 - kite and heron
06/04 - red fox

March 2015
29/03 - tree sparrow
24/03 - buntings
20/03 - solar eclipse
18/03 - bonaparte's gull
14/03 - godwits
10/03 - little egret
07/03 - spoonbills
03/03 - red kites
02/03 - mute swans

February 2015
24/02 - marsh harriers

January 2015
31/01 - little egret
27/01 - kestrel
20/01 - teal
17/01 - magpie
11/01 - rook


December 2014
27/12 - bearded tits
21/12 - marsh harriers
13/12 - purple sandpipers
10/12 - shags
07/12 - buzzard

November 2014
19/11 - langton herring
15/11 - drake scaup

October 2014
25/10 - long-tailed duck
19/10 - gulls
06/10 - wheatear

September 2014
23/09 - radipole lake
14/09 - new forest
07/09 - sark

August 2014
28/08 - british wildlife centre
12/08 - brown argus
11/08 - migrant hawker
04/08 - hoverfly and bee

July 2014
29/07 - east anglia day 4
28/07 - east anglia day 3
27/07 - east anglia day 2
26/07 - east anglia day 1
15/07 - peacock butterfly
09/07 - wareham forest
07/07 - alner's gorse

June 2014
30/06 - moreton
22/06 - jellyfish
21/06 - dragonflies
16/06 - black hairstreak
14/06 - adonis blue
09/06 - marsh fritillaries

May 2014
27/05 - charmouth
26/05 - terns
24/05 - roe deer
20/05 - fox
19/05 - sleepy ducks

April 2014
28/04 - dartford warblers
16/04 - dipper

March 2014
22/03 - kingston maurward
07/03 - red squirrels

February 2014
23/02 - deer
15/02 - mergansers
11/02 - slimbridge
01/02 - portland bill


December 2013
26/12 - Brünnich's guillemot
13/12 - amoeba
10/12 - marsh harriers
06/12 - lizards & kestrel

November 2013
26/11 - surf scoter
12/11 - stonechats
03/11 - marsh harriers

October 2013
20/10 - sandpiper & ibis
06/10 - dolphins
01/10 - hobbies

September 2013
16/09 - more kingfishers
13/09 - kingfishers
10/09 - common darter
06/09 - penn weare

August 2013
26/08 - goldfinch
25/08 - clouded yellow
04/08 - silver-spotted skipper

July 2013
07/07 - gulls & fish
02/07 - red-crested pochard

June 2013
14/06 - east anglia
09/06 - new forest
02/06 - cygnets

May 2013
26/05 - cuckoo
20/05 - goslings
11/05 - mute swans
04/05 - canada geese

April 2013
28/04 - fox
15/04 - garganey
04/04 - deer & hares

March 2013
30/03 - brown rat
25/03 - med gulls
19/03 - mischievous crow
09/03 - water rail
08/03 - microscopy
05/03 - hoodie

February 2013
12/02 - finches

January 2013
25/01 - portland bill
22/01 - snipe
19/01 - wigeon
12/01 - bittern
05/01 - snow bunting
December 2012
18/12 - purple sandpipers
11/12 - larks & pipits
09/12 - bearded tits
01/12 - teal

November 2012
18/11 - nuthatch
03/11 - starlings
01/11 - hare & deer

October 2012
23/10 - kingfisher
16/10 - herons
01/10 - lizards

September 2012
28/09 - squirrels
25/09 - otter
18/09 - spiders
14/09 - butterflies
11/09 - grebes
04/09 - dragonflies
03/09 - holly blue

August 2012
28/08 - common blue
25/08 - sandpipers
23/08 - woodpecker
22/08 - bees & flies