Teal, Bar-tailed Godwits and Wood Warbler - Portland Bill, Ferrybridge and Portland Castle, 5th May 2014 © Martin Cade (Teal) and Pete Saunders (Barwits and Wood Warbler)
...the Wood Warbler was singing and calling rather nicely at times. You'd have imagined that the grounds of an English Heritage pile might have been a refuge of tranquillity with only the gentle rustle of leaves to deflect from the enjoyment of the ebullient songster; however you'd have been sadly mistaken, with our attempt at a sound recording playing out to the accompaniment of a barmy mariner attempting to mend his boat with six inch nails and the emergency services attending a nearby cardiac arrest:
The day's spectacle was undoubtedly the Channel run of the Pomarine Skuas; thanks to Sean Foote for some video action from Chesil:
...and our effort from the Bill:
Also of interest, this morning the ringers at the Obs controlled this Chiffchaff which constitutes only our second ever Heligoland-ringed recovery - the first was a Firecrest controlled here in November 2012 that had been ringed on Heligoland earlier that autumn (© Martin Cade):
And finally, we couldn't resist a bit of off-island poaching and nipped over to Lodmoor at the end of the day to have a quick look at the Black-winged Stilt: