Bob Ford's Video Blog

Portland Castle
Monday December 14th 2015



An unusually tame great northern diver has been in Portland Harbour just off the castle in recent days.



Looking at one of the sequences closely I noticed that the bird appeared to be blowing bubbles in the water. Why?







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December 2020
11/12 - lapwings
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November 2020
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May 2020
20/05 - egrets

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02/04 - magpie
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March 2020
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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

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February 2019
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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
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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
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November 2017
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10/11 - field mouse
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October 2017
11/10 - lesser yellowlegs
09/10 - skylarks
04/10 - marine worm

September 2017
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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
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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
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18/09 - osprey
13/09 - ortolan bunting

August 2016
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June 2016
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May 2016
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03/05 - black-tailed godwit

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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
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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
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26/05 - terns
24/05 - roe deer
20/05 - fox
19/05 - sleepy ducks

April 2014
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16/04 - dipper

March 2014
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07/03 - red squirrels

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


December 2013
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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
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13/09 - kingfishers
10/09 - common darter
06/09 - penn weare

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

July 2013
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02/07 - red-crested pochard

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

May 2013
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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