18th May

Quiet on all fronts today save for another late pulse of Common Scoters including 78 through of the Bill, and a small increase in passage waders including 20 Sanderlings, 12 Ringed Plovers and 10 Dunlin at Ferrybridge and 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Ringed Plover and a Whimbrel through at the Bill. Passerines were sparse, with a trickle of Swallows, 8 Spotted Flycatchers, a Willow Warbler and a Chiffchaff the only new arrivals at the Bill. The lingering Brent Goose also remained at Ferrybridge.

Many thanks to Martin and Jodie for enjoyable week @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social ,also nice to meet old friends especially John Lucas and Graham W. R. rumped Swallow defied capture with 88 birds of 17 species ringed by all ringers in the week! Cattle Egret Portland tick! Back soon in July for AGM.

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— Peter J Morgan (@pbo61.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Very little migration evident in the Obs moth-traps but the waft of a northerly breeze saw 2 Pine Hawks and a Great Prominent presumably drift over from the mainland

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— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM