8th July: Two surprises out of the heat today, with an early doors Serin at the Obs and the serendipitous flushing of a Quail on East Cliffs at the Bill. Double figures of Balearics remained offshore, an Arctic Skua passed by and a Yellow Wagtail and more Sand Martins were overhead.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The nocmig recorder was still running when the Serin did an early morning fly past of the Obs patio - nearly but not quite drowned out by the cacophony of Goldfinches and Wood Pigeons:
Another evening, another local micro. @jameshammond.bsky.social's sighting of a few at the weekend reminded us we hadn't seen Coast Groundling Caryocolum vicinella this century so we checked out the Sea Campion and adjacent shingle on Chesil at Ferrybridge for them at dusk...
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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...we remember them being pretty numerous there back in the 1990s and they still were this evening, with a lot of them happily settled right out on the bare shingle that was no doubt still comfortingly warm after all of today's hot sunshine.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
