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26th March

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Better today although without being in any way as rewarding as it could/should be at this juncture: there seems to be an awful lot of migran...

25th March

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Still only low single figure totals of common migrants to show for today's efforts but odd morsels of quality amongst them included 3 Fi...

24th March

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Migration really has ground to the halt, with today's continuing and always freshening southwesterlies doing absolutely nothing for us. ...

23rd March

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With a blustery morning following an intermittently wet night and the second half of the day knocked out by a substantial band of rain rolli...

22nd March

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Despite uninspiring conditions - overnight wind and rain that didn't look to have been very helpful on the migration front and left of a...

21st March

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Barring a likely Alpine Swift that flew in off the sea at the Bill but couldn't quite be clinched by its sole observer the day again bel...

20th March

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Wot, still no Alpine Swift? - although fieldwork was severely curtailed by some pretty grim damp and dreary conditions there was still a fai...

19th March

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What proved to be lovely conditions for a Mother's Day drive to Portland for a Cream Tea weren't ever likely to be much cop for thos...

18th March

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A reduced post tonight via the phone app whilst we try and fix a desktop computer issue.  An underwhelming day that saw the migration moment...

17th March

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The continuing waft of southerlies did us no harm again today with the first decent push of Chiffchaffs bringing forth a well into three fig...

16th March

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Plenty of positives again today, with the southerly airflow seeing migrants arrive in decent numbers throughout the south of the island. The...

15th March

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Portland Bird Obs this Sun 19th March @PortlandBirdObs is the venue for our Optics field day @opticronuk @SwarovskiOptik @hawkeoptics @V...

14th March

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Today's dreamy expectation: skeins of Alpine Swifts coursing through overhead; today's brutal reality: singles of Wheatear , Chiffch...

13th March

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A sea day - not that the fierce gale that blew in overnight actually delivered much for those that took the trouble to look. Gull passage co...

12th March

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An uptick in the air temperature prompted some migrant movement today, with a fair bit of gull passage offshore, a handful of new arrivals o...

11th March

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Our very needy cause wasn't aided by some pretty grim conditions today as swirling drizzle and reduced visibility put off all but the ke...

10th March

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We can only say it how it was: the Hooded Crow hybrid was back at the Bill after its sojourn at Barleycrates Lane, a Redwing dropped in at ...

9th March

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The arrival of milder air might have been expected to be accompanied by frequent rain and reduced visibility and so it proved, with few oppo...

8th March

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Topsy-turvy weather conditions saw the island miss out on snow that set in a few dozens of miles inland but it still felt raw in a stiff eas...

7th March

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Barring an interlude of light rain either side of midday today's relatively quiet conditions saw a little bit of movement overhead and o...

6th March

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A shift to a brisk westerly saw a handful of visible migrants logged - including single figure totals of Lesser Black-backed Gull , Meadow P...

5th March

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More of the same on a second successive very still and heavily overcast day. New arrivals at the Bill consisted of 30 Wood Pigeons arriving...

4th March

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Although depressingly grey skies and the lack of any warmth in the air tried their damnedest to spoil proceedings there was a faintly intere...

3rd March

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Hardly a deluge of interest today but a Hooded Crow  that showed up at the Bill was a surprise and a Firecrest at Suckthumb Quarry was an on...

2nd March

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Poor rewards again from a day that turned out to be surprisingly pleasant after the chilly breeze of the morning had abated. The migrant tal...

1st March

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Although hardly worthy of note for this date there was a tiny bit more about today than of late, with 3 Redwings and a Lapwing new on the gr...

28th February

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One of these days spring's going to come - unfortunately it wasn't today as February ended as uneventfully as it's progressed th...

27th February

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Just a handful of winterers making up today's dismal return: 40 Common Scoter settled off the Bill and singles of Black Redstart and C...

26th February

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Nothing of note today. There still looked to be a few extra Stonechats about but other than it was just regulation winterers on show includi...

25th February

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With the weather apparently firmly stuck in a samey, chilly vein for the foreseeable future the prospects aren't looking great and if to...

24th February

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A little bit of movement today saw a few extra thrushes and Stonechats logged at the Bill but numbers and variety remains very low. A Water ...
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