16th May: a fair bit of migration on all fronts; hirundines arriving all day along with singles of Marsh Harrier & Hobby also in off; grounded arrivals at the Bill included 6 Spot Flys & 5 Reed Ws, with 14 Sanderlings at Ferrybridge; 2 Arctic Skuas and singles GNDiver, BtDiver & Bonxie thru on sea.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Haven't seen any mention of them in flower elsewhere on Portland yet this year but this evening a Bee Orchid on one of the roped-off grassland restoration plots in front of the Bill lighthouse
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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After a complete moth migrant blank yesterday, last night a little better at the Obs with the year's first Delicate and the fourth White-speck in five nights of note amongst a handful of more routine things
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) May 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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