9th August: Grounded passerine migrant numbers dropped across the board with only WW just managing a double figure total at the Bill; the Se...

8th August: Not a lot changing at the moment, with another 80 WWs making up the bulk of new arrivals at the Bill; the Serin was still about ...

7th August: Another hot, sunny day with the birding much as would be expected in these conditions. The Serin continued with regular fly-over...

6th August: More rewarding on all fronts, with the Serin that reappeared around the Obs the highlight. Bill migrants incl 75 WW, 12 Sedge W,...

5th August: When you have a bit of a lie in because it's too windy for the mist-nets and are greeted on rising with the news that the on...

  4th August: Despite fresher conditions and even some mizzly outbreaks there was a meagre return migrant-wise today. The very mobile Serin ...

  3rd August: Increasingly hot and humid today with the new Serin an appropriate arrival at the Bill; grounded migrants quite sparse with th...

2nd August: Just small nos of routine grounded migrants at the Bill - 25 WWs the most numerous; waders a little up incl 85 Ringed Plover, 7...

1st August: The Treecreeper was the day's star visitor but there was a decent variety of routine migrants about as well incl 50 WW, 15 S...

  31st July: A short, sharp post-dawn rush of 200 Willow Warblers out of a crystal-clear sky was much appreciated even if the tag-along tall...

30th July: Nice little drop of new arrivals today incl 50 WW, 10 Sedge W, a Grasshopper W & a Garden W at the Bill + a Curlew Sand at Fe...

29th July: Today's birding likely suffered in much the same way as overnight mothing had, with the clear sky and full moon counting agai...

28th July: A couple of surprises today with an adult male Black Redstart particularly unexpected at Reap Lane - might they have bred nearby?...

27th July: Another pulse of departing WWs saw 60 logged at the Bill, where 10 Sedge W, 3 Yellow Wags & 2 YLGulls were also about. Lots o...

26th July: Poor coverage today - not helped by a nagging northwesterly. Only reports from the Bill were of a few WWs, a YLGull & a Yello...

  25th July: It was a bit short and sharp but the first hours of the mrng saw the best arrival of migrants so far this autumn, with 100 WW, ...

  24th July: Not a bad migrant tally at the Bill, with the first obvious aggregation of c100 Sand Martins of the season, along with grounded...

  23rd July: Some post-dawn haziness looked to drop a few migrants this mrng, with 20 WW, 5 Sedge W, 2 Grasshopper W & a Garden W new in...

  22nd July: With sea & wader interest having dropped right off eg zero shearwaters off the Bill & just 2 Sanderling at Ferrybridge ...

21st July: Great weather to be out birding but far too nice to drop much in the way of migrants. Just single figure totals of YLGull, Yellow...

20th July: An underwhelming migrant selection at the Bill incl 8 Sedge W, 5 Yellow Wags, 5 WW & a GSWoodpecker on the ground; 61 Sandwic...