19th June: Despite the continuing fog - that did eventually clear during the morning - there was small arrival of migrants at the Bill incl 6 Reed Ws, a Sedge W & a Spot Fly. Manx moving well during the afternoon - c1000 east - with 5 Balearics lingering + 2 Arctic Skuas & a Curlew thru offshore.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Entertaining if rather damp start to this summer's Storm Petrel ringing efforts on the first really calm night for ages: spookily foggy couple of hours at the Bill tip either side of midnight saw just two trapped - one was new but, interestingly, the other was a retrap from 4th July last year.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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After a fogged-out week we've just discovered that the sea is still there...
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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...quite a little arrival of Reed Warblers this mrng: 3 singing in the Obs garden...
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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...with 2 more additional Reed Warblers trapped; also a new - presumably departing - Sedge Warbler trapped.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Certainly some peculiar migration happenings afoot: now it's a Spotted Flycatcher trapped in the middle of the day right out in the barrenlands of the Crown Estate Field - miles away from the nearest tree. What's all that about?
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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