21st March

A productive few hours after dawn saw another varied spread of new arrivals around the Bill that gradually tailed off in the warm sunshine and gentle northeasterly breeze. An unexpected capture of a Mistle Thrush in the Crown Estate Field marked the beginning of a festival of thrushes that included another single Ring Ouzels at the Bill and the Verne, as the first couple of Redwing since the beginning of the month. Chiffchaffs were better represented among the day's incomers with 50 logged around the Bill (including 2 already wearing rings from elsewhere), whilst totals of 30 Wheatears, 5 Blackcaps, 5 Goldcrests, 3 Firecrests and 2 Willow Warblers made up the rest of the day's numbers. Further up island saw equal numbers of Wheatears logged plus 3 White Wagtails and a single Black Redstart at Reap Lane/ Barleycrates. Overhead passage was noticeably subdued compared to recent days, with a drifting Red Kite, the year's first Swallows and singles of Greenfinch and Brambling of note. At sea, another 400 Gannets were logged passing through, as well as 23 Red-throated Divers, 58 Common Gulls, 18 Common Scoter, a Great-crested Grebe and the year's first Puffin.

The Ring Ouzel showed nicely when it first dropped into the Obs garden...


...and later there was the sort of view of it to give bird ringers' palpitations © Martin Cade:


One of the White Wagtails at Barleycrates Lane © Pete Saunders:


Many, many moons ago Mistle Thrushes were semi-resident on the island and sometimes even bred but those days are long gone and with the species no more than an increasingly erratic visitor we were excited to unexpectedly catch this one in the Crown Estate Field this morning:


Since we get to handle so few Mistle Thrushes this one was well worth a close examination and was quite straightforward to age as a youngster, hatched last year - check out the striking discontinuity in the greater coverts, with the new adult-type feathers on the inside of the tract far longer than the old juvenile feathers on the outside...


...whilst the tail was a right mish-mash of old juvenile and newer adult-pattern feathers © Martin Cade:


And what'll likely be one of the last Redwings we see this spring making up a nice trio of scarce thrushes today © Martin Cade:

20th March

There was lots of enjoyment to be had from today's migration happenings, with the continuing settled weather seeing plenty of birds arriving on all fronts across the island. On the ground, Wheatears were conspicuously abundant, with a likely very conservative minimum of 100 recorded around the Bill where multiple waves of birds raced through throughout the morning. Other grounded arrivals were more thinly spread: a Willow Warbler was an on-cue first of the year, with 25 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps and singles of Firecrest and Greenfinch also logged. Overhead, Meadow Pipits and Linnets continued to move through, with 193 and 45 logged respectively in a sample hour on West Cliffs, whilst other visible migrants included 30 Sand Martins, a Short-eared Owl, the year's first Ring Ouzel, 2 Siskin and a Reed Bunting. At sea, a Long-tailed Duck - a genuine Bill rarity these days - was the pick of a passage that also included the year's best Gannet total to date of 415, along with 141 Common Scoter, 9 Red-throated Diver and 7 Shelduck.

Back to the Mecca that is PBO @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social for a Trustees' meeting three days after it's 65th anniversary. Real bonus of 22 birds of 10 species ringed today with a Mega, 5m Greenfinch,(only 1 ringed in 2025) 1st Willow warbler of year, 7 Cc, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest and a Firecrest.

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— Peter J Morgan (@pbo61.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM

We don't really catch all that many Chaffinches so it was a surprise this morning that it should be one of them that accounted for our first ringing 'control' of the year. These days, the BTO is wonderfully efficient with reporting back with the ringing details of captures like this and by the end of the afternoon we'd already learnt that the bird had been ringed by our old friend Ian Dodd just across on the mainland at Littlesea, Weymouth. Ian had originally ringed the bird on 16th November last year - a timing that suggests it was perhaps a migrant arriving to spend the winter in Britain and we'll hazard a guess that it's been in the Weymouth/Portland area ever since and is just now departing back to its natal area on the continent © Martin Cade:

19th March

The fair weather remained firmly established and the day's events unfolded much as they had done yesterday, with only a light scatter of grounded arrivals but a steady passage of both overhead migrants and waterfowl. Both Wheatear and Chiffchaff just managed double figure totals at the Bill, where singles of Black Redstart and Firecrest were still about; more of the same elsewhere included another Black Redstart at Reap Lane. Visible passage was poorly recorded but included a steady flow of Meadow Pipits and alba wagtails over the Bill, where customary oddballs including a few Wood Pigeons, Stock Doves, Jackdaws and singles of Sand Martin and Siskin; elsewhere, a wandering Red Kite appeared over the Beach Road. The sea was a little quieter than yesterday, with 177 Common Scoter, 9 Red-throated Divers, 7 Shoveler and a Greylag Goose the best of the rather pedestrian passage off the Bill. 

Always a spectacle, it was Common Scoters that dominated proceedings over the sea...


...a few Red-throated Divers were again on the move...


...and Shovelers again featured on the dabbling duck front © Martin Cade:


In fair weather and a brisk easterly the lack of even sample coverage of visible migration on West Cliffs was a serious shortcoming in the day's recording effort but maybe just reflects how much the birding scene has changing from something that was formerly for most a predominantly semi-serious data gathering exercise to what's latterly become largely a leisure activity for those seeking personal gratification from listing or posting photographs on social media. It was apparent during our seawatch at the Bill tip that the flow of inbound pipits and wagtails contained the likes of a few pigeons and Jackdaws but, sadly, these and whatever else of higher quality was mingled in processed northward along West Cliffs without ever being quantified in any meaningful way © Martin Cade:


We're forever puzzled by the status of the Brimstone butterfly at Portland. As far as we understand it - or at least this is what Good's Flora of Dorset tells us - the two larval foodplants, Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn, are absent from the island so you'd expect the butterfly to be quite a scarcity; however, every year seems to produce a really pretty decent spread of records - this year alone we've heard of at least half a dozen sightings to which this one today in the Obs garden is the latest addition. The butterfly's a powerful flyer so are these all strays from the mainland - or even, like the one watched arriving in off the sea last year during a migration of whites, Red Admirals and Painted Ladies - immigrants from the continent, or are we overlooking a small but mobile resident population that are established on specimens of one or other of the foodplants that have escaped the attention of the botanical recorders? © Martin Cade:

18th March

With the wind veering right round to the east and bright, clear conditions overhead, evidence of grounded arrivals was fairly slim at the Bill, with just a scattering of Chiffchaffs, alongside 2 new Firecrests and singles of Wheatear, Black Redstart, Yellowhammer, Siskin and Greenfinch; further coverage up-island unearthed the first Willow Warbler of the year at Easton and 3 White Wagtails on the Reap Lane puddles. Visible migration showed signs of improvement, with totals of 84 Meadow Pipits, 43 Linnets, 5 Goldfinches and 2 Sand Martins from a sample hour on West Cliffs. It was a bit of a duck day offshore, with 199 Common Scoter, 27 Teal, 7 Pintail and 5 Shoveler heading east off the Bill along with 5 Red-throated Divers, 6 Sandwich Terns, a Bar-tailed Godwit and Manx Shearwater. 

Non-avian highlight of the day was a Large Tortoiseshell seen at Church Ope Cove, with up to 6 Hummingbird Hawkmoths by day and the year's first Dark Sword Grass from last night's moth traps further evidence of some recent arrival.

17th March

It took little more than the lightest outbreak of overnight mizzle and a backing of the breeze into the southwest to get spring back on track today, with a decent little arrival of Chiffchaffs on the ground and a few waterfowl getting moving over the sea. The majority of reports came from the Bill, where 60 Chiffchaffs made up the bulk of the grounded arrivals and 5 Wheatears, 3 Goldcrests and a Blackcap added some variety; long-term lingerers also still about included singles of Red-legged Partridge, Cetti's Warbler and Firecrest. A succession of alba wagtails passed overhead but other visible migrants, notably Meadow Pipits, were oddly absent. Offshore, 33 Common Scoter, 13 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 8 Red-throated Divers, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Shelducks and a single Great Crested Grebe lent further respectability to the day's proceedings. The only report from elsewhere was of a lone Pale-bellied Brent Goose in Portland Harbour.

...and a migrant moth: a Silver Y from the Obs moth-traps last night - our first since 2 in mid-January

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— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) March 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM

16th March

The fact that the only migrant handled at the Obs was a Chiffchaff that was entering its second week in residence there spoke volumes for the continuing migration hiatus, with the only new arrival reported anywhere on the island being a White Wagtail at Verne Common. Slightly more of a return from the sea included 8 Red-throated Divers, a Great Northern Diver and a Little Gull through off the Bill.

Meadow Pipit and Common Buzzard among the routines at the Bill this morning © Verity Hill:


15th March

A perfectly birdable morning revealed no evidence of migration resuming in earnest. The only passerines of note at the Bill were lingering singles of Blackcap and Firecrest. A tiny bit more passing on the sea there included 5 Red-throated Divers and 2 Manx Shearwaters. Elsewhere, the first 6 migrant Pale-bellied Brent Geese of the spring dropped in at Portland Harbour.

Some late snippets of news for yesterday, 14th: a Merlin in off the sea at the Bill, 2 Black Redstarts in the East Cliff quarries at the Bill, 2 Firecrests at Sheat Quarry and 2 Siskins over Southwell.

14th March

An unexpectedly lovely day that didn't really deliver on the migrant front. A small flurry of new arrivals at the Bill included 8 Wheatears and a Sand Martin that were certainly new, along with several Goldcrests and singles of Black Redstart, Blackcap and Firecrest that were likely or confirmed lingerers; elsewhere, 3 Blackcaps were at Sweethill and a Black Redstart at Reap Lane. Three Red-throated Divers and a single Great Northern Diver were about all that could be mustered from the sea at the Bill.

In the absence of many birds it was the perfect afternoon for a fruitless scour of Church Ope Cove/Pennsylvania Castle for Large Tortoiseshells...


...and for the first ice cream of the year © Martin Cade and Jodie Henderson:


Having failed to muster much from Portland we took ourselves over to Lodmoor after sunset as it looked like the sort of evening that a Bittern might depart from the reserve. Duly, at 7pm one did indeed appear overhead where it was nicely audible if not visible in the gathering darkness as it headed away to the northeast © Martin Cade:

13th March

It's a bad job when we're contemplating going back to multi-day blog posts but the quality of the birding really has taken a dip. Today's only reports concerned a Black Redstart at Watery Lane and a few entirely routine passers-by on the sea off the Bill.

12th March

With the transition to wildly wet and windy finally complete by the afternoon, the sea offered the only realistic chance of reward today; the regulars were moving in some quantity but 7 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Red-throated Divers were the only particularly worthwhile sightings at the Bill. At least 2 Firecrests were also still lurking in the shelter of the Obs garden. 

The quality of the seawatching so far this spring hasn't really demanded a trip right down to the Bill tip and didn't again today although we gave it a whirl as much because there wasn't a lot else going on. Unfortunately the conditions were a tad too elemental to be thoroughly enjoyable...



...but the views of the regulars were way better than when they're viewed from afar at the Obs...


...there were odd hints of things to come like these moving Common Scoter...


...and there were plenty of nice variations of Common Gulls to get amongst now that they're moving in quantity and by the sound of it have a better chance than for many years of being accompanied by a Ring-billed Gull © Martin Cade:


11th March

Far less migrant interest today with overnight rain having introduced cooler air accompanying a brisker westerly. Four Firecrests at the Obs included one new arrival but odd ones and twos of Wheatear, Blackcap and Chiffchaff were the only other migrant loggings at the Bill/Sweethill. Five more Red-throated Divers passed through off the Bill, whilst a Great Northern Diver and 2 Black-necked Grebes remained in Portland Harbour.

Given the absence of other migrant lepidoptera it's perhaps most likely that recent Hummingbird Hawkmoths - this one was at Sweethill today, another was at Pennsylvania yesterday and social media channels report other singles on the island in recent weeks - are emerging overwinterers but all nice to see nonetheless © Pete Saunders:

10th March

The arrival of far clearer conditions that evidently herald a wholesale change in the weather saw migrant numbers take a noticeable hit today. That said, there were still birds to get amongst, with an arrival of 4 new Firecrests at the Bill, a departing Marsh Harrier and 2 Siskins overhead and the first signs (24 through off the Bill) of concerted up-Channel Red-throated Diver passage all providing interest; additionally, the long-staying singles of Red-legged Partridge and Cetti's Warbler at the Bill put in rare appearances. The common migrant totals were topped by just 12 grounded Chiffchaffs at the Bill and 315 Kittiwakes through offshore in quick time at the end of the afternoon ahead of the downturn in the weather. Finally, one of the released White-tailed Eagles did a round of the island during the morning.

One of the Red-throated Divers through off the Bill...



...and the White-tailed Eagle rounding the Bill tip © Pete Saunders:



Adult Grey Seals are a frequent sight around the Bill these days but this pup hauled out below East Cliffs this morning was much more unexpected © Nick Hopper:

9th March

A foggy start soon gave way to mild and mainly overcast conditions that saw another nice spread of early arrivals uncovered around the island. Whilst a brief Serin at the Obs marked the highlight of the day's birding, it was Chiffchaffs that once again made up the bulk of the numbers with the first three figure total of the spring at the Bill, where 12 Goldcrests, 5 Firecrests, 2 each of Black Redstart, Wheatear and Fieldfare, a Redshank and a Redwing were also all new in. Elsewhere, the first White Wagtail of the spring pitched up at Blacknor, a Brambling was at Weston, another Black Redstart at Reap Lane and another Redshank at Ferrybridge; 2 Shelducks and 2 Wheatears were also at Ferrybridge.

There was only a typically fleeting tree-top view of the Serin at the Obs but there was nothing at all typical about the date of this one as it was one of the earliest ever spring arrivals here © Martin Cade:


With there having been no wintering Black Redstarts at the Bill - has that ever happened before? - there's no doubt that the two nice male there today were new arrivals © Jodie Henderson:

8th March

Variety's not yet anything to shout about but a nice flow of new arrivals is being maintained, with Chiffchaffs notably numerous today and including 50 at the Bill alone. Seven Goldcrests, a Song Thrush and a Blackcap were also new there, with at least 1 lingering Firecrest also still about. Elsewhere, the year's first Sanderling was at Ferrybridge.

7th March

Unyielding gloom again today and in the increasingly misty conditions the constituents of the day's arrivals changed, with fewer Chiffchaffs and crests but more thrushes and finches. This had been hinted at overnight when the Redwing loggings on the nocmig recorder at the Obs upped to 117 from the low single figure totals that had been the rule during the last week or so. Nine more were logged there through the morning when 23 Chaffinches, 6 Blackbirds, 2 Song Thrushes and a Brambling also passed through. Grounded arrivals were sparse, with barely more than the odd singles of  Wheatear, Chiffchaff and Goldcrest at the Bill; a lingering Blackcap occasionally in song was also at the Bill, with 2 more in song at Verne Common where there was also a currently locally very noteworthy total of 7 Greenfinches.

When you see the state of some of the bedraggled small migrants pitching up on the shore at the Bill tip on a damp day like today it does make you wonder how many others got too waterlogged during their Channel crossing and didn't make it - this Chiffchaff was a lucky one © Jodie Henderson:

Today's splashes of colour in the otherwise uniform gloom at the Obs were provided by the year's first Brambling and a handful of Goldcrests © Martin Cade:


6th March

Quiet, heavily overcast conditions at dawn looked as promising as anything we've woken to so far this spring and at least partly lived up to expectations. It's still a little early for a really good arrival on the ground but 30 Chiffchaffs, 10 Goldcrests and a Firecrest was a decent return of newcomers from the Bill and perhaps made the lack of thrushes, Wheatears and Stonechats all the more surprising; with the exception of a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls, overhead passage also didn't feature. Gannets were again on the move offshore, with 185 through east off the Bill where 6 Red-throated Divers were the best of the rest.

On the greyest of days at the Obs this new Firecest provided some welcome sparkle © Martin Cade:


The continuing absence of any long-distance migrant moths has been a bit disappointing but this morning we had some compensation in the form of a Blossom Underwing in one of the Obs garden moth-traps. This is a moth on the up for us: although it does have a known propensity to disperse from its usual oak woodland haunts - we're guessing ours most likely originate from France - this is only the eighth year we've recorded it at the Obs; however, it has now turned up in five of the last six years. This morning's specimen was also exceptionally early: our previous records span a date range of 22nd March to 18th April © Martin Cade:

5th March

The blanket of fog had cleared overnight but only to reveal that migration was at the lowest of ebbs. The odd singles of Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldrest and Firecrest were about at the Bill but several looked to be lingerers rather than new arrivals. A tiny bit more action overhead included 3 Lapwings along with a handful of pipits and wagtails. The sea was busier, with decent totals of 362 Kittiwakes and 182 Gannets through off the Bill along with 55 Common Gulls, 29 Cormorants, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 7 Red-throated Divers.

4th March

The age old Portland early spring blight of a warm air/cold sea induced pea-souper enveloped the island today and severely impacted efforts to get amongst what seemed to be the very few migrants that made landfall. A small arrival of Meadow Pipits was evident but a lone Blackcap in the Obs garden mist-nets was the only other obvious arrival. Two Red-throated Divers through offshore soon after dawn represented the only sea passage logged before the fog clamped down.

3rd March

A gentle headwind was just enough to drop a steady arrival of passerines today, with Meadow Pipits featuring in numbers for the first time this spring and a few Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests at least briefly grounded at the Bill. The inbound Meadow Pipit tally over the Obs reached well into three figures, with plenty more visible in the distance heading along West Cliffs where there was unfortunately no meaningful coverage; a few Pied and/or unidentified alba wagtails were tagging along, with 2 Golden Plovers and singles of Wood Pigeon, Grey Wagtail and Siskin also logged at the Bill and the season's first Sand Martin through at Barleycrates Lane. On the ground, Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests totalled 10 and 5 respectively at the Bill, where there looked to be a few extra Stonechats about and the overwintering singles of Cetti's Warbler and Firecrest also put in appearances. The sea was quiet, with 5 Red-throated Divers the best of it off the Bill.

A nicely pollened Chiffchaffs amongst the new arrivals at the Bill...


...where the overwintering Cetti's Warbler made the day-sheet for only the second time this year - it measures up to be a female so wouldn't have been expected to burst into song and give itself away in that manner but if a bird like this can escape detection for so long in the vicinity of the Obs it does make you wonder how many other similarly furtive scarcities make landfall here and end up completely overlooked © Martin Cade:


Meadow Pipits made up the numbers overhead but the odd tag-along like this Golden Plover provided some additional interest © Martin Cade:

2nd March

Today's mildness and sunshine was so pleasant that it wouldn't really have mattered if there was nothing about, but a few more prompt migrants capped off proceedings very nicely. With so many Wheatears having already made it into the country our first ones seemed almost tardy by comparison but the first 3 at the Bill were very welcome nonetheless; passerine interest otherwise concerned just the odd few new presumably migrant Robins, Wrens and the like showing up in the Obs garden mist-nets. The sea was more rewarding on the numbers front, with the first up-Channel passage of Kittiwakes evident off the Bill, where 280 passed by during the first couple of hours of the morning; 7 Shovelers, 4 Common Scoters, 3 Red-throated Divers and a Curlew also passed by during the same watch - hardly a seawatch of Dungeness proportions but we'll take it.

It really is something when Wheatear passage is already so advance by 2nd March that our first one isn't even an adult male © Jodie Henderson:


Having sensibly held off on a trip to see it in yesterday's grotty conditions, Jodie's visit today to the Radipole Red-rumped Swallow was blessed by far more appropriate cloudless skies and warm sunshine © Jodie Henderson:


Great to be back at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social even for a very fleeting visit this morning. Enjoyed the wintering flock of Purple Sandpipers and a steady up-channel passage of Kittiwakes before a day with swans at Abbotsbury enlivened by occasional visits from a White-tailed Eagle

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— Ben Sheldon (@sheldonbirds.bsky.social) March 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM

25th February-1st March

Continuing mild conditions, albeit turning increasingly blustery at times, saw just about enough signs of early migration to keep momentum going, with 2 Blackcaps on 25th, another new Chiffchaff on 27th and the year's first Rook to see out the end of February. Two Firecrests at the Bill and 2 Goldcrests at Southwell were new arrivals on 1st March, with overwintering singles of each also still about at the Obs. The rest of the winter fare remained in-situ with the only oddity being another flyby of a White-tailed Eagle on 26th. Interest on the sea remained particularly poor, with the year's first singles of Manx Shearwater on both 26th and 27th the only sightings of note. Lastly, mild, sunny conditions on 25th saw both Comma and Brimstone added to the butterfly year list.

We completely missed out on the small arrival of migrant moths that reached other parts of southwest England in recent nights, with our moth-traps providing us with nothing more than a handful of residents. A couple of these were species of minor interest because we don't see them at the Bill all that frequently: Small Eggar is a relatively recent colonist whose larval nests have been found at several sites around the north of the island but not yet at the Bill, whilst Spring Reveller Diurnea fagella is a moth we've often pondered on the origins of - the females are flightless so you'd assume that if the assiduous collectors of the Victorian age couldn't find it then it wasn't here then and never was going to be in the future; however, since 1989 occasional males have been trapped at the Obs and more recently have been caught in some numbers in moth-traps further up the island - surely they can't all be strays from the mainland and the moth must now be established, in which case how and when did the first females get here? © Martin Cade:



One of our more elusive winter visitors is the Water Rail currently residing at Culverwell which, barring a few squeals, is barely detected from one week to the next. A few attempts were needed to finally capture it out in the open via a remote trail camera © Jodie Henderson:


And finally, we nipped over to Weymouth at the end of the afternoon to have a look at the spectacularly early Red-rumped Swallow found by James Lowther at the north end of Radipole Lake. Despite the bird showing ever so well and coming right overhead at times a combination of the leaden sky, shocking light and us not having a decent camera to hand ensured we secured no more than the odd record shot of our first hirundine of the year © Martin Cade:


16th-24th February

After a long barren spell the gradual introduction of milder and more more settled conditions has perked up interest no end, with 24th seeing the arrival of 2 Fieldfares and singles of Chiffchaff, Firecrest and Greenfinch at the Bill, 11 Stonechats and a Black Redstart at Reap Lane, a wandering Marsh Harrier overhead and 17 Common Scoter through offshore (...together with a handful of Redwings, Song Thrushes and Robins, and singles of Oystercatcher and Curlew logged overnight by the nocmig recorder at the Obs). Aside from routine winter fare, highlights during the preceding days concerned a released White-tailed Eagle overhead at Weston and Chiswell on 20th and a extremely unexpected island rarity in the form of a Nuthatch near Nicodemus Knob on 22nd.

After a few days when Lesser Black-back Gulls constituted the only signs of inbound passage at the Bill...


...a flurry on 24th that included Marsh Harrier, Chiffchaff and Firecrest was very welcome indeed © Jodie Henderson and Martin Cade:




8th-15th February

Whilst yet more unsettled weather severely interrupted time spent out in the field, there was still the distinct impression that little change had occurred in the assembly of birds present. A Short-eared Owl on the 12th was a surprise find after a winter without a single record but otherwise it was mostly the current regulars, with up to 13 Purple Sandpipers and the Grey Heron present at the Bill, 11 Black-necked Grebes and the Black-throated Diver in the Harbour plus a total of 55 Brent Geese at Ferrybridge. Clear skies on the 12th saw the year's second Red Admiral on the wing, whilst recent days have seen a large pod of Common Dolphins lingering offshore.

The Short-eared Owl present on the 12th of February © Jodie Henderson



31st January-7th February

A very unsettled period of weather for the beginning of February saw little in the way of new arrivals, with a single Yellowhammer on the 1st and a flyover White-tailed Eagle on the 7th the only oddities to report. Among the regular winterers, up to 11 Purple Sandpipers and 3 Turnstones were present at the Bill whilst the Grey Heron continued to frequent the observatory ponds. On the sea, Red-throated Diver numbers reached a maximum of 43 on the 2nd whilst 2 Shelduck past by on the 4th. Windier conditions at the end of January saw 12 Little Gulls present at the cove, with both the Red-necked Grebe and Black-throated Diver regularly seen in the harbour. Sunny intervals on the 4th saw the first Peacock butterfly on the wing whilst belated news of the first Hummingbird Hawkmoth came from the 22nd of last month.

Recent windy conditions have provided plenty of detritus for the local Ravens to begin their necessary nest building and repairs © Jodie Henderson


Whilst both the Black Redstart and Grey Wagtail remain at Church Ope Cove © Jodie Henderson


Pretty unsatisfactory views of this morning's White-tailed Eagle as it rounded the tip of the Bill, causing plenty of chaos among the local gulls  © Jodie Henderson



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