A decent little flurry of migrants today that were enjoyed in the most pleasant calm, sunny and warm conditions - what was not to like! The ...

There's nowt so strange as how migration often unfolds at 'out on a limb' places like Portland and today provided yet another ex...

Migration action's ebbed away a little as this week's gone on and today's migrant tally from the Bill that included Wheatear and...

A day best forgotten: the cool, dreary and increasingly blustery conditions were completely uninspiring and did nothing for the quality of t...

It was certainly a pleasure to be out birding on such a nice still day and there was the added bonus of there actually being a few birds to ...

The fact that the day had been pretty much of a dud rather paled into insignificance when, late in the afternoon, the first Melodious Warble...

What a difference a year makes: this time last year local waters were awash with shearwaters, with every minor blow producing the likes of C...

Increasingly blustery westerlies seemed to have put the block on things today and it was quiet on land and sea. A sprinkle of new arrivals o...

Passerine migrants continue to drop in quite plentifully, with today's tally at the Bill consisting of 45 Willow Warblers , 25 Sedge War...

You do wonder just how much more would have been found over the last fortnight or so had there have been anything even approaching adequate ...

A samey but nonetheless enjoyable end to a rewarding July. The grounded migrant tally benefitted from some good cloud cover overhead at dawn...

July's been pretty good to us and continued in that vein today, with a notable rarity in the form of a Black Kite that passed through o...

More of the same today, with both passerines and waders still well-represented. The grounded migrant tally at the Bill included 60 Willow Wa...

A decent day for passerine migrants and an even better one for waders, with the latter showing up in by far their highest numbers so far thi...

Perhaps surprisingly since the nice quiet, overcast conditions had looked promising for the land, there was a slight reversal of roles today...

Another nice little flurry of migrants saw totals of 40 Willow Warblers , 15 Sedge Warblers , 10 Yellow Wagtails , 4 Wheatears , 2 Common Sa...

Today's weather was unexpectedly scorching and although the birding wasn't quite red-hot it certainly warmed up after the hitherto s...

A nice lot of variety in pleasantly quiet conditions today including firsts for the autumn in the form of singles of Grasshopper Warbler an...

Today's interest started early when another 5 Storm Petrels were sound-lured and ringed at the Bill either side of midnight. Daylight s...

With it looking like Balearic Shearwaters were going to be in for the duration so they evaporated just as quickly as they'd arrived, wi...

Yesterday's events suggested that Balearic Shearwaters were beginning to reoccupy local waters and that certainly came to pass today wi...

After a night that saw the wind freshen up and the passing of the first substantial drop of rain for a while there were more positives on th...

The dribble of early autumn migrants continued today. Waders have begun producing the best of the variety, with 33 Dunlin , 4 Whimbrel , 11 ...

It was another morning largely accompanied by the monotonous blasts from the lighthouse foghorn, with thick mist putting paid to any hopes o...

Despite mistiness coming and going throughout the day there were only positives from what fieldwork there was, with a few more passerine mig...

With the wind subsiding there was more enthusiasm for scrutiny of the land today, even if the welcome return of a gull flock off the Bill di...

Despite the westerly gusting up towards gale force by the afternoon nothing much was stirred up on the sea, with just 2 Balearic Shearwaters...

Sad news received today of the recent death of Eileen White. Although not a keen birder herself, Eileen became well acquainted with our gues...