Today's Red-breasted Flycatcher was considerably trickier to get a good view of in the field than yesterday's Culverwell bird had been © Ralph Todd...
...so its beauty was best appreciated in the hand; adult males like this one are extremely rare for us: we can think of only two previous autumn records for the island - at Southwell on 19th-23rd September 1996 and at Pennsylvania Castle on 17th-18th November 2002 - whilst none of the spring birds have been adults © Martin Cade:
The Crown Estate Field Yellow-browed Warbler © Martin Cade:
Ringing numbers dropped off this weekend - just 25 birds ringed at the Bill today - but quality on the up: Red-breasted Fly and Yellow-browed Warbler both new for the year - the latter our first one coloured- ringed as part of a national project (>100 marked elsewhere in the UK so far this autumn)
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) October 6, 2024 at 11:18 PM
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Always a wee bit too windy for really successful mothing at the Obs this weekend but fair numbers of routine migrants on both nights; first Oak Rustic of the season the best of residents
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) October 6, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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