Another foggy morning and an increasingly windy afternoon weren't ideal for fieldwork today. Just 2 Blackcaps and a Chiffchaff new at the Bill today, with Sanderlings down to 17 at Ferrybridge. 51 commic terns thru off the Bill once the fog lifted + info services rpt of 6 Balearics later.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Fog was a real impediment through the morning - it was a struggle to see the Ferrybridge Sanderlings and Dunlins even at point blank range © Pete Saunders:
Turtle Dove dropped into the garden this evening, the 1st we've seen in 2 years. In days past this garden would get double figures of Turtle Doves in a year, lets hope those days are coming back
— Debra Saunders (@debbyseamist.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Renewed moth migration last night incl singles of Striped Hawk, Bordered Straw and Delicate at the Obs and Small Mottled Willow at Southwell (latter per John Lucas). Numbers at the Obs incl 19 ferrugalis, 10 xylostella and 6 noctuella.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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black tailed skimmer, crown estate ponds
— andylportland.bsky.social (@andylportland.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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another day another red veined darter, this one in bill quarry field along the worn path by the road
— andylportland.bsky.social (@andylportland.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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small skipper & adonis blue still in reasonable shape at the strips, still no silver studded blue at tout
— andylportland.bsky.social (@andylportland.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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