19th June
Another good shearwater showing this mrng with c350 Manx and c100 Balearics off the Bill; 18 Common Scoter settled offshore + 10 commic terns and an Arctic Skua thru. Migrants: a Willow Warbler new at the Obs and another single Sand Martin thru overhead.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) Jun 19, 2024 at 22:28
20th June
Shearwaters continued with c400 Manx and c160 Balearics logged at the Bill; autumn Common Scoter passage also got going with 85 west, 10 returning Med Gulls were offshore and singles of Sooty Shearwater and Arctic Skua passed by. Quiet on the land: a Yellow Wagtail over and 13 Swallows leaving south
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) Jun 20, 2024 at 22:34
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21st June
A balmy mill-pond calm morning eventually gave way to wind and rain by dusk and the day's shearwaters reflected the conditions: c90 becalmed Balearics through the mrng and 500+ Manx streaming east during the evening. An Arctic Skua and 50+ Med Gulls also off the Bill. Just a new Reed W on the land.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) Jun 21, 2024 at 23:29
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An impressive 43 Balearic Shearwaters counted on the @naturetrektours pelagic from Portland Harbour into Lyme Bay. Also several Storm-petrels and a Bridled Guillemot. Balearics were in and around the Bill up to four miles off pic.twitter.com/uyHq4ekXqZ
— Tom Brereton (@tom_m_brereton) June 21, 2024
22nd June
Still at least 50 Balearics lingering off the Bill with one observer tapping into a strong movement of 290 leaving to the west early in the day; also c300 Manx thru and an Arctic Skua still offshore. 2 departing Sand Martins the only passerines of note. Summering GNDiver still in Portland Harbour
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) Jun 22, 2024 at 22:50
23rd June
A Corn Bunting trapped in the Crown Estate Field this mrng. Once one of the commonest farmland breeding birds at Portland, agricultural change saw them lost as a breeding bird during the 1980s; although more than 300 have been ringed at the Bill it's 40 years since the last one was trapped here!
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) Jun 23, 2024 at 9:28
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