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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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