With birding for so many participants these days having become little more than trainspotting - a constant dash from one already perfectly well documented scarcity to the next - there's much to admire in Steve Hunting's almost Forrest Gump-like resolve to cover Portland as comprehensively as he can whenever he visits. Steve's reward today - long after the Wryneck and Lapland Bunting listers had scooted off to Lodmoor and Farlington without a thought for whatever else might be waiting to be found on the island - was this Ortolan in Top Fields. Maybe finding things for yourself isn't considered a big deal these days but that strikes us as pretty sad... © Steve Hunting (still) & Martin Cade (video):
The highlights from a reasonably quiet day at Ferrybridge included 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 2 Knot © Debby Saunders (flight shot) & Pete Saunders (mixed feeding flock):