9th June: A couple of surprises from the land today with a Serin over the Bill lighthouse and a late Hobby in/off. Steady flow of Manx offshore - 500 through the morning and plenty more later - along with at least 30 Balearics & an Arctic Skua; also a miscellany of tern rpts incl both Black & Little
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Not sure what the current thoughts on the specific status of Langmaid's Yellow Underwing are but in the past things looking like them have always emerged earlier for us than Lesser Broad-borders. Singles yesterday and today were our earliest ever but the first (y'day) looked a lot like a LBBYU...
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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...whilst today's specimen looked better-ish for a Langmaid's. Probably just a dodgy split and we're working too hard to try and consistently separate them by appearance.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) June 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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