It was another day of quality rather than quantity, with a
Nightingale trapped at Culverwell and the second
Wryneck of the autumn trapped in the Obs garden making up a not insubstantial proportion of the grounded migrants at the Bill. Odds and ends of more routine fare there included just 3
Reed Warblers, 2
Blackcaps and singles of
Grasshopper Warbler,
Lesser Whitethroat,
Whinchat,
Spotted Flycatcher and
Curlew; up-island snippets reflected this paucity, with a single
Redstart at Reap Lane, a
Kingfisher at Portland Castle and a
Reed Warbler and 2
Whinchats at the Verne the only other sightings of note. Ferrybridge was a different story, with wader totals that included 250+
Dunlin, 200 +
Ringed Plover, 16
Sanderling and 7
Turnstone.
Nightingale trapped at Culverwell
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— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Wryneck trapped at the Obs
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— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Obs moth-traps were spectacularly lame for migrants overnight so a bit unexpected to get home and find a Passenger - the third for the island this autumn - in one of the Grove traps; also another Striped Hawk there. Weirdest catch at the Obs in recent nights a late Obscure Wainscot on 23rd.
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— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
