10th August: Willow Warblers & Lesser Black-backed Gulls made up the bulk of the Bill numbers today, with a strong post-dawn movement of 200 WWs and a steady passage of 85 LBBGulls heading way south/west. The Serin was still around, with singles of Green Sand & Grasshopper W of further note...
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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...350 Med Gulls, 6 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Arctic Skuas & a Bonxie the best thru on the sea. 97 birds ringed today of which 72 were Willow Warblers
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Positive signs from the Obs moth-traps last night with an uptick in numbers and variety. Many of the current usual suspects represented in plenty although for us the highlight was a Bog Grass-moth silvella - a heathland stray and national scarcity with only a handful of previous records here
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Also, some better photos of the Verge Cricket Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis caught last night by Nigel Jones and Mark Edgeller whilst they were moth-trapping at Freshwater Bay
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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An exciting find for Nigel Jones and Mark Edgeller at their moth-trap at Freshwater Bay last night: a Verge-cricket - seemingly the second record for Britain after the recent discovery in Sussex.
— Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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