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Sometimes a plan comes together. I got to the Bill this morning at 530 following a day and a night of F6-7 southerly/southwesterly winds in the hope of Manx Shearwaters, a late Pom...
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Sometimes a plan comes together. I got to the Bill this morning at 530 following a day and a night of F6-7 southerly/southwesterly winds in the hope of Manx Shearwaters, a late Pom...
I was at the Selsey Seawatch this morning by 6am and had a good session HERE with my first Pomarine Skua and 2 Great Skua for the year and waterbirds on the move including 41 Whimb...
Sunny, 14°, strong NE. Probably the worst wind for vizmig at Portland. However, a reasonable scattering of birds. On the sea, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, a Red-throated Diver,...
Mainly cloudy, 12°, breezy NE. A weather block out in the Channell appears to have prevented any northward bound migrants reaching Portland shores today. In the small time we had l...
On the way to the Bill I stopped off at Ferry, the Wood and Curlew Sand and Garganey were all still present with a Greenshank and Whimbrels in the Channel.The Bill was slow HERE bu...
Mainly cloudy, 14°, light SW. The highlight of the day was a Turtle Dove that arrived off the sea and spent some time moving around the bill area before departing. An intermittent...
The wind remains from the east but it was much lighter with day temperatures yesterday (8th April) reaching about 18 C by the afternoon. As it seemed like good arrival conditions I...
There was a F6 southerly/southwesterly today with frontal rain in the morning and then showers in the afternoon. I decided to let it brew for a while so got some things done in the...
Cloudy, 12°, light ENE. Arrived at Portland bird obs around mid-afternoon and by the time we unpacked and got some shopping in there was not much time for birding. After an evening...
It was another rather slow day this morning at the Bill HERE with highlights including 2 Black Tern, 2 Little Gull, 1 pale phase Arctic Skua, a female Eider, a Red-throated Diver,...
The anticyclonic conditions continue with clear blue skies and a northeast breeze. The wind had calmed down a lot today which seems to have slowed down migration. I did a 3.5 hour...
Menorca isn’t an island where you can knock up a big bird list
There was a little bit of moth migration last night and also a few bird migrants around the garden this morning HERE. After getting a bit of work done (it was supposed to be a work...
The north easterly was almost gale force today and there was one bird that seems to be enjoying it, Bar-tailed Godwit. The Bill was a bit more lively this morning HERE with 39 Barw...
May 7th is 'Pom Day' round here, although according to some local birders that now has a historical/ traditional context with Pom migration peaking in late April in more recent tim...
Sunny periods, 14°, light NE. A slow day with a limited flurry of migrants early then all quiet. A call from the ringing crew at Culverwell for a Golden Oriole saw most of us trek...
Mainly cloudy, 10°, light S. Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler and Common Whitethroat, Cholsey Marsh. Per Brian Wyatt. Bunk area: on the walk out there were 10+ House Mar...
It was a southeast wind with frontal conditions and some rain this morning and looked perfect for migration at the Bill. My list HERE with highlights including a passage of Arctic...
Sunny periods, 12°, breezy WSW. A trip down to Pagham harbour NR today with Loren. one of my first out of county birding spots from many years ago. A bit of a blustery day on the s...
Kids were back to school today so it was back to Mondays in the field. I started off at the Bill which was very quiet HERE. The highlight was four House Martins coming in (maybe lo...
There was quite an arrival of migrants on the Peninsula yesterday HERE in a southeast wind but it was Jacob's 9th Birthday so I had to wait until this morning to get out into the f...
I checked out Ferry, Long Pool and the Tramway this morning before weekend proceedings started (my Dad's down this weekend). Checklist HERE. Highlight was a Spotted Flycatcher adja...
Mainly sunny with a cloudy spell, 14°, fresh NE. Not much hope at first light, a fresh north‑easterly cutting across the bill, but as the hours passed the birds had other ideas. Wh...
Sunny, 14°, strong E. Another blustery day on the Isle of Portland with not a lot seen on land or sea. 22 Whimbrel and 65 Bar-tailed Godwit, sometimes in mixed flock and 16 Common...
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