The extremely miserable conditions continued, with not a glimmer of brightness in the sky and hardly a glimmer of interest on the bird front...

Pretty miserable dreary, breezy and chilly conditions were the order of the day and enthusiasm for fieldwork was at a low ebb. New arrivals ...

The northeasterly breeze is getting fresher and keener by the day and although the frost held off it felt very chilly for the first time thi...

Just as we were thinking it might be timely to revert to simple lists on the blog during the upcoming quiet months, so the improved conditio...

A rather quiet morning kicked into gear with the arrival of a Pallas's Warbler in the obs garden, which briefly called before appearing...

A cold start to the day was accompanied by a rather thick blanket of fog which lingered well into the morning. Birds logged around the Bill ...

Portland Bill Common Scoter 9, Turnstone 4, Fulmar 1, Black Redstart 2, Woodcock 1. Blacknor Black Redstart 1.  Portland Harbour Red-brea...

The reappearance of the ringed Cetti's Warbler and Firecrest in the obs garden this morning just goes to show what may have been tucke...

Portland Bill Turnstone 2, Purple Sandpiper 2, Black Redstart 2 (with a further 2 at Blacknor and 1 at Portland Castle). Sea passage: Commo...

Whilst today's drop in the wind made for more pleasant conditions in the field, it did not appear to greatly alter the general mix of bi...

With the weather showing no sign of relenting, it was yet another day of difficult birding for those that braved the Bill, with just singles...

The highlight of today's birding was the (presumed) reappearance of yesterday's  Glaucous Gull at the Bill Common, although yet aga...

Today turned out to be a bit of a gull-fest, with both a 1st winter Caspian Gull and a juvenile Glaucous Gull dropping in amongst the mixed...

With lashing rain from the southeast for most of the morning, all that could be done was to batten down the hatches and wait out the heavy s...

Birds logged around the Bill included 3 Black Redstarts , 2 Purple Sandpipers as well as singles of Chiffchaff and Blackcap , with sea pa...

A combination of ideal calm weather and improved coverage resulted in a rather impressive and varied total of birds logged. Visual migration...

Whilst today's Northwesterly winds brought about a slight drop in temperature, long stretches of blue skies and sunshine made for a very...

Another clear start to the day, but this time with an obvious uptick in visible passage of Wood Pigeons , with up to 2,400 leaving the Bill ...

In the relative calm weather of this morning, a scattering of birds was reported around the Bill, with 2 Black Redstarts , 2 Lapwing , a  Me...

A rather frustrating start to the day, with heavy rain putting a halt to any thoughts of visible passage in the early hours of the morning. ...

Partly overcast skies and hardly a breath of wind - together with the promise of the onset of some rain that didn't materialise - were p...

An ultimately slightly disappointing day with an obvious if small arrival of common migrants on the ground being accompanied by nothing more...

A quite exciting day with unseasonable - even uncomfortable at times - warmth and sunshine accompanying a really good selection of birds. Al...

The arrival of yet another Sabine's Gull at Chesil Cove - a second juvenile joined the bird lingering on from yesterday - provided day-...

The sea again provided day-long interest today with a nice selection of wrecked seabirds lingering close to shore: at least 2 Sabine's G...