27th June: Apart from the rash of Serins today's happenings at the Bill were rather routine, with 40 Balearic Shearwaters and an Arctic Skua the best on offer offshore and a couple of Sand Martins through overhead. Elsewhere, a Greenshank dropped in briefly at Ferrybridge.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The Serin situation's getting a bit confusing: a settled bird seen just now in the Crown Estate Field (that then flew off north and was lost to view) is a male of some sort but clearly not the bright adult male seen earlier in the week; suggestions also of a seemingly non-yellow bird about this mrng
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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On the moth front, looks like firsts for Portland on consecutive nights from our garden at the Grove: last night's offering a Small Ranunculus - they've been slightly expected as there's been a big range expansion; however, it remains rare in Dorset and hitherto unrecorded from Weymouth/Portland
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 27, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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