18th August: Atlantic weather didn't really do us any favours today, with much reduced numbers on the land and surprisingly little act...

17th August: Migrant-wise, the last few mornings have been quite productive and today followed in that vein, with 200 LBBGull, 120 WW, 15 We...

16th August: An unexpected overcast sky at dawn dropped a decent arrival at the Bill incl 120 WW, 15 Sedge W, 10 Wheatear, 6 Ringed Plover, ...

Early birding slightly scuppered by the strength of the stiff ne'ly today but by mid-morning baking hot again. Plenty of com migrants ab...

14th August: Easily the best day of the autumn to date with a brisk nw wind dropping arrivals throughout the island, incl 200 WW, 25 Wheatea...

13th August: It was hard work in today's stifling heat and the rewards weren't plentiful with new grounded migrants almost absent. A...

The spectacle of an eclipse when it didn't even get dark was maybe on a par with today's migration happenings - something of a damp ...

  Defeated by the strength of the blasting easterly today, with only token fieldwork and ringing possible. A single Pied Flycatcher was the ...

10th August: Willow Warblers & Lesser Black-backed Gulls made up the bulk of the Bill numbers today, with a strong post-dawn movement of...

9th August: Grounded passerine migrant numbers dropped across the board with only WW just managing a double figure total at the Bill; the Se...

8th August: Not a lot changing at the moment, with another 80 WWs making up the bulk of new arrivals at the Bill; the Serin was still about ...

7th August: Another hot, sunny day with the birding much as would be expected in these conditions. The Serin continued with regular fly-over...

6th August: More rewarding on all fronts, with the Serin that reappeared around the Obs the highlight. Bill migrants incl 75 WW, 12 Sedge W,...

5th August: When you have a bit of a lie in because it's too windy for the mist-nets and are greeted on rising with the news that the on...

  4th August: Despite fresher conditions and even some mizzly outbreaks there was a meagre return migrant-wise today. The very mobile Serin ...

  3rd August: Increasingly hot and humid today with the new Serin an appropriate arrival at the Bill; grounded migrants quite sparse with th...

2nd August: Just small nos of routine grounded migrants at the Bill - 25 WWs the most numerous; waders a little up incl 85 Ringed Plover, 7...

1st August: The Treecreeper was the day's star visitor but there was a decent variety of routine migrants about as well incl 50 WW, 15 S...

  31st July: A short, sharp post-dawn rush of 200 Willow Warblers out of a crystal-clear sky was much appreciated even if the tag-along tall...

30th July: Nice little drop of new arrivals today incl 50 WW, 10 Sedge W, a Grasshopper W & a Garden W at the Bill + a Curlew Sand at Fe...

29th July: Today's birding likely suffered in much the same way as overnight mothing had, with the clear sky and full moon counting agai...

28th July: A couple of surprises today with an adult male Black Redstart particularly unexpected at Reap Lane - might they have bred nearby?...

27th July: Another pulse of departing WWs saw 60 logged at the Bill, where 10 Sedge W, 3 Yellow Wags & 2 YLGulls were also about. Lots o...

26th July: Poor coverage today - not helped by a nagging northwesterly. Only reports from the Bill were of a few WWs, a YLGull & a Yello...