Lovely quiet conditions - which were eventually spoilt by the onset of occasional dizzly outbreaks during the afternoon - ensured there was ...

A low-key day of clearer skies and a brisk north-westerly. Late passage was limited to a few dozen Chaffinches and Goldfinches and singles...

The birds seemed to have as little enthusiasm for today's increasingly dreary and blustery conditions as the birders, and there few rep...

If the first frost of the season wasn't reminder enough of just how far into winter we've got then the deafening silence overhead i...

  A reminder that the next In Focus field event at the Obs takes place between 10am and 4pm this Tuesday, 24th November 2015. A perfec...

If yesterday's visible passage was straightforward to get amongst with nearly everything moving along a relatively narrow corridor then ...

Rain lingering along the coast at dawn coupled with a sharp drop in the temperature as the wind swung into the north worked wonders for the ...

A frustrating day with the wind dropping out completely for the first time since the beginning of the month but relentless drizzle spoiling ...

In this era of their being so plentiful it wasn't too much of a shock - even if the overnight conditions had seemed pretty unsuitable fo...

A birdable couple of hours to start the day before more wind and rain rolled in produced one surprise when a Hen Harrier showed up at the B...

A seemingly unlikely day for such an event provided a top notch migration spectacle as Wood Pigeons again streamed off the mainland and att...

The continuing unsettled weather saw to it that there were just the odd snippets of interest today, notably an increase in the Ferrybridge ...

The interest of the last couple of days completely evaporated in the face of an onslaught of really grim wet and windy conditions. The only ...

In a blasting westerly and frequent heavy showers - conditions that would usually be deemed pretty hopeless for active migration - Wood Pige...

After a few false starts with the seemingly now annual Wood Pigeon -fest today's somewhat more benign conditions found favour on that f...

Despite the continuing heavy cloud cover late passage picked up conspicuously, with finches in particular heading south in some numbers. An ...

There was little enthusiasm for prolonged fieldwork under constantly dreary skies and in a very stiff westerly. At the Obs there didn't...

South-westerlies freshening right up towards gale force were the order of the day and looked to have put the block on most passage, with ver...

In what would usually be considered pretty inappropriate conditions - grey skies and a brisk southerly (although it did stay dry which was v...

It goes without saying that the conditions were again pretty challenging in the best part of a gale and with plenty more at times heavy rain...

Another absolute dead loss of a day with constant wind and rain or drizzle spoiling any opportunities for meaningful fieldwork. The only wor...

A day to forget, with a dreary, windy and birdless morning giving way to a very wet, unbirdable afternoon. Despite quantities of Redwings ...

The day's fieldwork was rather too frequently interrupted by rain as still very mild but much more unsettled conditions seem to getting ...

Heavily overcast skies all day but the promised rain amounted to no more than a brief spell of drizzle during the afternoon. New arrivals co...

With migrants audible in good quantity again overnight - when a Moorhen was the oddest of the birds heard over the Obs - it was disappointi...

After a night when it sounded like there were both numbers and variety on the move overhead a murky dawn looked to be full of promise. Goldc...

A shift in wind direction toward the east saw another major pulse of Goldcrests move through the island today, with some pretty extensive c...