Portland Discovery Days
Thursday August 1st
Southwell Landslip and Portland Bill
Birds
Shag
Cormorant
Kestrel
Peregrine
Buzzard
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow
Skylark (heard)
Pied Wagtail
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Mammals
Bunny
Reptiles
Wall Lizard
Insects
Small Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Ringlet
Chalkhill Blue
Common Blue
Small Blue
Oak Eggar
Six-spot Burnet
Bloody-nosed Beetle
Soldier Beetle
Seven-spot Ladybird
Plants
Bird's-foot Trefoil
Buddleia
Carline Thistle
Fennel
Kidney Vetch
Pepper Saxifrage
Pyramidal Orchid
Small Scabious
Wild Marjoram
Ships
HMS Duncan (D37)
For information on the fossil forest and the work of Professor Jane Francis see Ian West's site at http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/lulref.htm#Francis
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