13th May: brutal NW'ly made birding really hard work today; 3 Spot Flys the only grounded arrivals of note at the Bill, with Sanderlings increased to 50 at Ferrybridge; single Arctic Skua and c500 Manx through off the Bill.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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And thanks to Alan Mayell for popping us through a couple of recent trail-cam photos from his garden at Southwell; Badgers are quite regular there so not a huge surprise but much better value was a Turtle Dove that dropped in last Sunday 10th (a day when human observers didn't see a Turtle Dove anywhere else but quite briefly in the Obs garden) - how long before we dip out on a really gripping rarity that get detected in these circumstances!:
