Radipole Lake & Weymouth area

Leader – Simon Ashley

Hugh Venables / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

September is a transitional month, marking the end of summer and the beginning of autumn migration. Timing our visit hopefully means we’ll  get to see a mix of summer visitors, resident birds, those arriving for winter and those migratory species passing through.

We’ve visited Radipole Lake on a number of occasions and it’s always good value offering some of the best chances of seeing birds such as

• Bearded Reedlings
• Cetti’s Warblers
• Kingfishers
• Marsh Harrier
• Mediterranean Gull
• and smorgasbord of wading birds

Following Radipole we’ll have the option to visit either Lodmoor or a short drive to Portland Bill to check out birds in this area.

It’s 2.5 hours drive to Radipole so to make the best of the day we’ll need to leave relatively early – Aiming to arrive at the Swannery car park at 9:30am. All of the walking is flat on well made paths.  Please bring a packed lunch