Small arrival of new migrants today incl 3 CCs and singles of Wheatear, Wthroat and Spot Fly at the Bill, a Hobby and a Spot Fly at Southwell and a Redstart at Portland Castle. 6 Balearics, a Sooty Shearwater & a GNDiver thru off the Bill
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Turtle Dove continued to show nicely from time to time at Sweethill © Pete Saunders:
Moth catches have got considerably larger and more varied of late and although migrant interest has been relatively low key there's been a nice selection of 'local less-regulars' trapped. This Streaked Diamond-back Plutella porrectella was new for the Obs garden the night before last - despite it being a very widespread moth in Britain, as far as we know the only previous island records (we've forgotten whether there's actually been more than one) are from Debby Saunders' garden at Sweethill. Evidently this species' only larval foodplant is Dame's-violet but our woefully inadequate botanical knowledge is such that we're not sure how widespread or not that is on the island © Martin Cade:
