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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

16.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 15th October

With dreary, anticyclonic conditions firmly established, diminishing returns are inevitably setting in. However, it's the middle of October ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

15.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th October

Not quite such a productive day today with the mizzly damp of yesterday's dawn a telling absentee from proceedings; however, there were stil...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

14.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th October

Wow, what an exciting migration day. The portents were there right from the outset - in fact they'd been perfectly accurately forecast by th...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

13.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th October

Migration continued apace although subtle changes in the proportions of constituents saw Goldcrests gain prominence at the Bill at least, wh...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

12.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th October

A day of seriously impressive numbers, with another big drop of Chiffchaffs on the ground, a strong push through of visible migrants overhea...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

11.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th October

Cloudy and cool conditions from dawn saw another nice arrival of grounded migrants, with a distinct late autumn feel to the variety of birds...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

10.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 9th October

Perfect birding conditions and decent numbers of routine migrants which, together with the added bonus of 2 Common Cranes overhead, made fo...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

09.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th October

Another increasingly warm day with hardly a breath of wind saw reduced action on all fronts, with a short spell of drizzle associated with t...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

08.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 7th October

Everything ticked along nicely in extremely benign and, by the afternoon, really warm conditions but ultimately the day's migrant selection ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

07.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th October

Although we were logging some tremendous numbers of grounded arrivals during the fair weather in late September, today's clear skies weren't...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

06.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 5th October

Although it remained a fair degree too windy for a comprehensive check of the Bill, scrutiny of the more sheltered spots further up-island r...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

05.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 4th October

With a raging and unabating westerly the order of the day there was little to report. Singles of Long-tailed Skua off the Bill and Sooty Sh...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

04.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 3rd October

An extremely unpleasant day, with wind and rain bringing to an end a couple of weeks of rich reward on the migrant front. The only reports w...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

03.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 2nd October

Despite a seemingly promising overcast sky, the gradual dwindling in migrant activity evident over recent day continued, with relatively few...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

02.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 1st October

It was not the most auspicious of starts to October, with neither the quantity or quality of migration able to meet the lofty expectations t...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

01.10.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 30th September

More glorious weather, more good migrant-watching. Under such clear skies visible passage was always going to be favoured over a fall-out on...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

30.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 29th September

Summer-like conditions together with plenty of migrants - what's not to like? Overhead passage was always going to be favoured under cloudle...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

29.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 28th September

With migration dwindling away to fewer and fewer birds grounded with each passing day a change in the weather was very much needed, and so i...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

28.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th September

With looming dark clouds putting a stop to any large movement of hirundines, it was all the more acutely obvious how quiet migration has bec...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

27.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th September

A crisp and clear start to the day saw many birds on the move for the first few hours post-dawn before the arrival of thick cloud cover from...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

26.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 25th September

We're on repeat at the moment: there's plenty about and migration's pretty entertaining but the content has become a wee bit samey, with Chi...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

25.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 24th September

With the conditions remaining largely unchanged there was a slight case of diminishing returns among the assemblage of migrants present toda...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

24.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd September

Whilst not quite at the same frenetic pace as yesterday, today was another exceedingly pleasant day with a modest fall of grounded migrants ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

23.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd September

Dawn brought the first single digit temperature of the autumn along with a brisk northeasterly and clear skies - a mix that proved to be the...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

22.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st September

A wholesale change in the weather saw anticyclonic conditions set in and the breeze shift into the northeast for the first time in weeks. In...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

21.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th September

With the winds not picking up until well into the afternoon and the majority of the morning's rain showers managing to miss us entirely, the...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

20.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 19th September

After what has felt like an interminable wait, today finally saw migration back in full swing with a varied selection of new arrivals culmin...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

19.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 18th September

Much calmer conditions but in all other respects a very similar day to yesterday, with the majority of migration interest again on the sea. ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

18.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th September

A mild, windy and comprehensively dreary day with pretty well all attention given to the sea. The Bill was really difficult to cover with mo...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

18.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 16th September

A rather unexpectantly pleasant day with warm sunny spells and much abated winds seemed to tempt out a long string of visiting birders ready...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

17.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th September

The briefest of respites from the constant wind of recent weeks was extremely welcome even if it lasted just a few hours. It did permit the ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

17.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 15th September

It's very rare that a big blow does us any favours at all and today's 50+mph storm was a case in point, with fewer rewards from the sea than...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

15.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th September

With the land still too blown out to reveal much in the way of passerine migration, it was of some consolation that there were rewards to be...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

15.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th September

Another windswept day that could so easily have been written off as yet more of the same had it not been for the dogged perseverance of thos...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

12.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th September

The less said about the current weather the better, save to remark that the ongoing battering westerlies are already getting really tiresome...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

11.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th September

An increasingly unpleasantly showery and windy day after a not too bad start had allowed for plenty of coverage that revealed there had been...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

10.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 9th September

A distinct autumnal coolness in the air at dawn didn't herald any change in the migrant situation, in fact without either of yesterday's sca...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

09.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th September

This autumn's ratio of rare/scarce migrants to more routine fare was already something to be envied and the events of today served only to i...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

09.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 7th September

Another day of high expectations and although there were appropriate rewards they certainly weren't widely available, with many visitors lea...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

07.09.2025

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th September

There used to be such certainties in life: England were always contenders for a World Cup, you'd marvel at the oratory of the titans of Labo...

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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 15th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 9th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 7th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 5th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 4th October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 3rd October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 2nd October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 1st October

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 30th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 29th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 28th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 25th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 24th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 19th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 18th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 16th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 15th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 9th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 7th September

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th September

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