Long-tailed Skua is a classic 'birder's bird' at Portland: anyone who puts time in with seawatching will likely have seen a few here but for the lister it can be a really tricky species to catch up with, what with most being fly-bys at the Bill or Chesil Cove; it's also a bird that's fantastically difficult to photograph at Portland: most are too distant or pass in tricky conditions, whilst the occasional close fly-bys always seem to present themselves to observers who don't have a camera to hand! Two of today's birds lingered for several hours in the Cove where they did come just about close enough on occasions to permit some rather evocative video footage © Joe Stockwell:
Ferrybridge is so good at providing variety on a stormy day © Debby Saunders (settled Grey Phalarope) and Pete Saunders (other photos):
After apparently going missing the Grey Phalarope returned to Ferrybridge at last light when a Little Gull also dropped in © Martin Cade:
