In increasingly cold, frequently showery and always howlingly windy conditions the only reports were of a Barn Owl at Southwell, a Blackcap...

With the wind having dropped right out overnight there was frost on the ground at dawn that was very quickly cleared by pleasant sunshine. A...

Hardly brimming with reports today but there were a couple of morsels of interest in the form of singles of Pomarine Skua and Little Gull ...

Another brief show by the Pennsylvania Castle Yellow-browed Warbler was the best of today's bitsy selection. Singles of Great Spotted W...

It was back to square one on the weather front with lots more drizzly rain and reduced visibility. The day's only reports were of a Chif...

One of the nicest days of the year so far with plenty of sunshine and just a waft of a breeze. The flurry of resultant fieldwork didn't ...

It was a bit of a novelty not to have a single spot of rain at the Obs all day but there were few worthwhile rewards from the extra fieldwor...

  A reminder that there's an  In Focus field event at the Obs between 10am and 4pm this Saturday, 27th January. Although th...

Another day to forget, with the swirling drizzle often so opaque that we couldn't even see the sea from the Obs. The only worthwhile rep...

Hardly a bumper haul today, but at least it was birdable after yesterday's wash-out. The Yellow-browed Warbler at Pennsylvania Castle r...

Virtually nothing to report from a day of almost constant rain or drizzle. A Kingfisher from yesterday at Ferrybridge  © Pete Saunders:  ...

Weather-wise, a tad quieter and milder today although the wind did start to freshen again through the afternoon. A Merlin was a first for t...

Just a handful of routine odds and ends today: 2 Red-throated Divers and 2 Common Scoter through off the Bill, a Firecrest at Pennsylvani...

It goes without saying that it remained very windy and none too warm with it. The Yellow-browed Warbler surfaced for the first time in a fe...

Another very blustery day but with rain holding off until after dark there was a little more enthusiasm for fieldwork, even if the rewards w...

Pretty turbulent conditions once again and very little to report: 10 Purple Sandpipers were at the Bill and 2 Firecrests at Church Ope Cov...

A wet and/or windy day put a stop to any meaningful fieldwork and the only entries on the day sheet at the Obs were of singles of Grey Heron...

As a very welcome change there was non-bird highlight today, with a Humpback Whale that headed south off Chesil Cove during the afternoon ...

A stiff, chilly southeasterly made for very difficult birding today and the only worthwhile reports were of 11 Red-throated Divers through ...

A pretty nondescript, dreary day came up with a surprising number of new arrivals, including an Eider in Portland Harbour, an increase to 6...

Not as mild as yesterday in a noticeable north-easterly but pleasantly sunny throughout. Sadly, there was far less coverage and the day'...

Such has been the uniform miserableness of the weather so far this year that today's lovely mild, calm and sunny conditions were a real ...

A nice little sprinkle of variety today as the weather turned noticeably quieter and milder. Cold weather refugees featured again - presumab...

No let up in yesterday's bitter north-easterly and some more evidence that the birds were getting fed up with it, with 28 Lapwings head...

Lovely in the sun looking outdoors but the north-easterly that had gathered strength overnight and reached gale force by dawn saw to it tha...

A switch to easterly weather saw the temperature take a dip but the quality of the birding go up a notch, the latter as much because for onc...

The very low-key start to the year continued with another samey selection from around the island: 10 Purple Sandpiper at the Bill, 2 each o...

A new Iceland Gull that dropped in briefly at Chesil Cove was not wholly unexpected given the stormy conditions of the last few days. Regul...

Although the wind had abated somewhat from the 'official' 80+mph gusts recorded overnight birding was never going to be straightforw...

Weather-wise, this year's got off to a pretty dreadful start with today's uniformly gloomy sky and frequent showers hardly encouragi...