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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st December
Today's only real change came from Portland Harbour where the Eiders increased to 10 and a Common Scoter also showed up; 11 Black-necked G...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th April
A pretty decent 'bit of everything' mid-spring day: the continuing Wryneck provided some scarcity interest, the tally of nearly 150 migrants...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th January
Portland Bill Red-throated Diver 1e 6w, Common Scoter 2w, Short-eared Owl 2, Redwing 1. Blacknor Black Redstart 1. Chesil Cove Black Redst...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd November
Less windy today but the crystal clear sky did no favours when it came to dropping migrants, with a grounded Snipe one of the few new arriva...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd August
It's fair to say that the prevailing turbulent conditions are getting pretty tiresome - it'd be OK if they were coming up with the goods but...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st October
Another day of wild weather - long spells of heavy rain driven in on a southerly gale - didn't look to have anything much to offer by way of...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th April
A return to form today with slightly milder conditions coming up some numbers on both land and sea. Variety was far off what can or even oug...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th August
A rather mixed bag of birds today with plenty of variety around. On the land was 4 of each Sedge Warbler , Whitethroat , Yellow Wagtail and...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th October
Just like the acceptance that more than 100 folk a day dying of Covid is somehow normal, so it seems to be being accepted that the presence ...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th May
Very little changing save for the fact that by the afternoon the nagging, cold northeasterly had dropped right away. Although the recent nig...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: April 2001
Lesser Whitethroat - Portland Bill, April 30th 2001 © Mart...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: July 2000
July 31st The month f...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th March
The adage relates that one Swallow doesn't make a summer and today's first single of the spring that passed through at Blacknor certainly w...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 2nd February
Portland Bill: Common Scoter 40, Red-throated Diver 4, Black-headed Gull 4.
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th August
The damp and murk that rolled in unforecast during the last hours of the night and persisted at intervals throughout the day might have been...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd February
The arrival of almost all-day sunshine and pleasant mildness prompted a welcome surge in fieldwork that was well-timed for it coincided with...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th May
With the recent dearth of passerine migrants beginning to get annoying (what's wrong with an easterly and occasional heavy showers overnight...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th May
26th May: despite some epic fieldwork by @dorsetbirdtours.bsky.social the expectation of Bee-eaters galore came to nothing, with the day's m...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th April
All too murky and breezy today with the heavy cloud cover evidently extending right across the Channel and seemingly dissuading both nocturn...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th December
Portland Bill : Red-throated Diver 1, Turnstone 3, Greenfinch 1. Ferrybridge : Greenfinch 30. The Greenfinch flock continues to grow at Fer...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th March
Not much of a migration spectacle on land or sea today with the continuing fine weather reducing groundings of nocturnal migrants at the Bil...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th June
Despite some pretty extensive coverage of the island - admittedly largely in pursuit of other natural history interest - the rewards were ag...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th January
Not as mild as yesterday in a noticeable north-easterly but pleasantly sunny throughout. Sadly, there was far less coverage and the day's on...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd May
A lot of what potential today had was likely scuppered by the persistence of the rainfall that accompanied the overnight drop in the strengt...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th December
Feeling pretty raw today with the temperature hovering just above zero, very little sunshine and a freshening northeasterly. Portland Bill ...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 4th August
Plenty of attention on the sea today with the highlights being 4 European Storm Petrel , 2 Yellow-legged Gull , 150 Manx Shearwater , 4 Bale...
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 16th August
Just a reminder that the next In Focus field event at the Obs takes place between 10am and 4pm this Tuesday, 18th August 2015. ...
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