5th July

Remaining extremely uneventful on a breezy, dreary day: a few Manx and 3 Balearic Shearwaters passed by or lingered off the Bill and 17 Shelducks were at Ferrybridge.

Part of the unusually large group of Shelducks over Ferrybridge this morning...

...and a Great Black-backed Gull there doing what they're good at © Pete Saunders:

Still a few migrant moths about last night, at the Obs notably singles of White-speck and Small Marbled. Two seconds for the island amongst the recent micros: yesterday, an Italian Bark Moth for John Lucas at Southwell, and today a Hollyhock Seed Moth at the Obs

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— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) July 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM