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14th September

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A lovely clear, sunny and warm day - initially with a brisk north-easterly blowing - brought forth a host of overhead passage but also cause...

13th September

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Some pretty freakish weather - a succession of thunderstorms through the middle of the day were accompanied by an inexorable rise in tempera...

12th September

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Anyone expecting the promising-looking conditions of dawn to have come up with the goods on the land went away sorely disappointed today; ho...

11th September

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After yesterday's rain it was a pleasure to be out on a lovely still, bright day with a fair spread of migrants to get amongst. Whilst t...

10th September

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A washout of a morning precluded any serious coverage of the land and limited seawatching to the extent that no more than singles of Baleari...

9th September

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Despite the conditions turning out decidedly more clement than expected migrant interest was minimal, with even the usually reliably numerou...

8th September

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The brisk westerly wind - that continued to freshen through the day - put a downer on proceedings today and although it was warm and sunny ...

7th September

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Whilst Portland might have an enviable reputation as one of the best spring fall sites in Britain the autumn is a very different kettle of f...

6th September

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The damp, murky conditions overnight dropped a host of migrants down to an audible height but by dawn most had managed to get away; that sai...

5th September

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A little bit more to show from today's efforts with overnight rain and low cloud dropping a limited selection of routine migrants. Whea...

4th September

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Rewards were few and far between again today although an early arrival of at least 34 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Ferrybridge did provide s...

3rd September

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Another day that'll be quickly forgotten, with little sign that the recent migration hiatus might be coming to an end. Yellow Wagtail ,...

2nd September

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A day of the poorest quality, with an abject showing on the migrant front and an unforecast spell of persistent rain through the middle of t...

1st September

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Busier today even if there weren't anything like the sort of numbers that might be expected at this time in the autumn. In decent enough...

31st August

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A bit of a shocker to end the month with seemingly very promising-looking mainly overcast conditions dropping no more than the most meagre s...

30th August

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Weather-wise, another scorcher of a day but bird-wise barely more than lukewarm as migrants looked to have carried on without stopping. A Wr...
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