A weekend of two halves: Saturday was the nicest day of the year to date with ample opportunities to get amongst a few of the wintering pass...

After a quiet couple of days when the only interest concerned singles of Golden Plover and Snipe at the Bill on 7th, the 9th saw a little m...

A crisp but very birdable few days saw a few more cold weather refugees pitch up around the island. There were no particular surprises but G...

The year's started as uneventfully as last year ended, with a fair selection of the winter regulars on offer but little in the way of si...

A quiet end to the year with cold-weather movement limited to just a lone Lapwing at the Bill on 29th, whilst a Brambling that dropped in br...

A cold and windy Christmas period produced more waterfowl through off the Bill including 20 Wigeon , 12 Red-throated Divers , 4 Shoveler and...

An unexpectedly exciting day with a blasting and increasingly cold easterly the prompt for a flurry of waterfowl, wader and gull movement. L...

After a pleasant start to the run up to Christmas the onset of colder, easterly conditions saw interest begin to pick up on the sea. Among t...

The downward spiral into very samey mid-winter birding continued this week, with one day entirely rained off and little to show beyond the r...

The majority of Obs members should now have received their copy of our latest report - the last batch was posted this morning so if you have...

A few days of relatively settled conditions that allowed for better coverage. The tail end of late autumn passage was evidenced by 20 Redwin...

Two more days of wind and rain finally gave way to welcome sunshine. A showy Goosander at Portland Castle joined the customary selection of ...

Persistent unsettled weather, including wind speeds up to 50mph and periods of lashing rain, has severely curtailed opportunities for birdin...

Portland Bill : Chiffchaff 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Firecrest 1. Ferrybridge : Shelduck 5. An impressive catch from one of the 2 Kingfishers presen...

Mild and settled conditions saw little change on the birding front, with totals of 2 Chiffchaff , 2 Goldcrests and singles of Sparrowhawk ,...

After yesterday's wash-out, today's birding didn't exactly improve despite the more favourable conditions, with just 2 Goldcrest...

Whilst sunny conditions and an appreciable drop in the wind made for an unseasonably pleasant end to the month, the birding remained far mor...