Well, when staff members decide it's better to just get it over with by throwing themselves headlong off the patio wall rather than spending even one more day toiling around after non-existent migrants you know it's probably time to take a break from full daily blog updates - we'll still be posting here every day but will be relying more on Bluesky/Twitter embeds and photos/videos until things get busier again later in the summer.
Bill migrants pretty limited today: 7 Spot Flys, 2 CCs and a Reed W grounded; trickle of hirundines, Swifts and waders overhead; lingering Balearic Shearwater, 90 commic terns and 3 Arctic Skuas on the sea. Just 5 birds ringed between the Obs and Culverwell.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
saw about a dozen species in tout, meadow brown was nfy.
— andylportland.bsky.social (@andylportland.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Amongst the waders at Ferrybridge this evening it was nice to see 32 little super-dark and super-smart Tundra Ringed Plovers dotted about across the sandflats © Martin Cade:
