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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

29.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 28th April

Whilst not entirely eviscerated of migrants the island seemed very barren today in comparison with the riches on offer just lately (the day'...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

28.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th April

Wow, what a ripping day - not that that was altogether surprising given the combination of clear, cold air that followed the passing of an o...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

27.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th April

Are most of the Willow Warblers entering the country vectored through Portland at the moment? - we're certainly getting the impression we'v...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

26.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 25th April

It only took a subtle change in the weather to give an altogether more positive feel to today's proceedings, with a brisk northwesterly at d...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

25.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 24th April

Samey conditions - even those that were initially propitious, migrant-wise - eventually see numbers fizzle out as birds get the hang of what...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

24.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd April

Another decent enough day with overcast skies at dawn dropping a succession of mainly routine migrants at the Bill and a clearance through t...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

23.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd April

For a day that was half rained off and by most conventional metrics had been written off by an hour after dawn (...and that after dawn itsel...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

22.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st April

The magical northeasterlies persisted and whilst they didn't precipitate anything approaching a huge fall there was plenty to see throughout...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

21.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th April

Spring northeasterlies have attained almost magical status here in recent times so their forecast arrival - for pretty well the first time t...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

20.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 19th April

IN FOCUS SOUTH WEST Optics day this Sunday 21st April @PortlandBirdObs @DorsetWildlife for more info call Keith 01225 891352 @opticronuk ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

19.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 18th April

With it way too clear overnight - and far less windy than during the last couple of days - migration no doubt picked up far overhead but the...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

18.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th April

The smallest of upticks in passage was appreciated after a couple of lean days but the 50 Swallows , 25 Wheatears , 15 Chiffchaffs , 10 Whea...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

17.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 16th April

Not a day of plenty on the land, sea or overhead, in fact for this date it was a bit of a shocker with only the continuing Western Subalpine...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

16.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 15th April

In keeping with the pattern so far this spring no sooner had it looked like migration was gaining momentum than shoddy weather rolls in to b...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

15.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th April

There was certainly a bit of quality on offer amongst today's mix, with a Hoopoe in off the sea at the Bill kicking things off in exciting f...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

14.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th April

Consecutive days with plenty of birds - blimey, things really are looking up! The mould was set right as dawn broke when a Cirl Bunting app...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

13.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th April

These things are relative so today was hardly, for example, like last year's mega day when a tsunami of migrants swept through the island an...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

12.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th April

In a day long peasouper, for a few hours we were able to kid ourselves that there were migrants out but we just couldn't see them; however, ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

11.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th April

Another day that offered what looked to be some hope of a fall out of migrants on the land and a bit of a seawatching, both of which almost ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

10.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 9th April

A 60mph westerly gale really isn't what's needed in mid-April and for the most part Storm Pierrick was an ill wind bird-wise. A Hooded Cro...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

09.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th April

Popular opinion ventured that there was a more than evens chance of a decent drop of birds today - but what do we know about it? In the even...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

08.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 7th April

A less than compelling day: batteringly strong winds overnight saw passerine migration remain on hold and did far less for the sea than migh...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

07.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th April

A bit of a curate's egg of a day - something that perhaps might have been expected given the peculiar conditions that saw the likes of a mou...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

06.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 5th April

Yesterday's hint of things getting going again did indeed prove to be the precursor to migration gaining substantially more momentum, with a...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

05.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 4th April

These things are relative because the recent bar has fallen to ever such a low level but there was just the tiniest hint of there being more...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

04.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 3rd April

Weather-wise, our tale of woe continued, with the strength of the wind being today's blight. An unseen Serin in song in a birder's garden at...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

03.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 2nd April

Another day with no more than single figure totals of grounded migrants at the Bill, amongst which 2 White Wagtails and a lone Redwing prov...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

02.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 1st April

A pre-dawn deluge might have been hoped to be the shot in the arm that our needy cause required but in the event fell well short of expectat...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

01.04.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 31st March

March has been very much a month of fits and starts, with the overall feeling of spring action getting going really promptly being spoilt by...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

31.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 30th March

Much improved conditions were welcomed for permitting comfortable fieldwork but were maybe a little too improved to deliver on the migrant f...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

30.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 29th March

Yesterday's weather excesses may have passed but the overnight and daytime conditions remained far too turbulent for passerines to get movin...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

29.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 28th March

What an extremely wild day: we haven't seen official figures for the afternoon wind strength but it seemed like it might have been gusting u...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

28.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th March

One day it's going to settle down and dry up but today most definitely wasn't that day...and by the sound of things nor is tomorrow! Grounde...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

27.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th March

Spring passage seems to be taking a while to get back on track after it was derailed at the weekend, with today's pleasantly birdable almost...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

26.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 25th March

Accommodation update : we've been receiving a rash of calls and messages in recent days from folk requesting accommodation over Easter so it...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

25.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 24th March

Despite improved conditions the stiff breeze remained firmly in the northwest and again looked to have put a stop to most routine migration....

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

24.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd March

In the face of a blasting, chilly northwesterly and frequent squally showers it was hardly surprising that migration momentum took a further...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

23.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd March

The forecast change from milder to cooler air duly arrived and could of gone either way; sadly, our thoughts of it doing us a favour proved ...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

22.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st March

Migrants remained on the move although in the murky conditions that rolled in after dawn and persisted for several hours there was a feeling...

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

21.03.2024

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th March

Well, what a scorching day for mid-March. With hardly a breath of breeze to take the edge off the increasingly pleasant sunshine conditions ...

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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 28th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 25th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 24th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 19th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 18th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 17th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 16th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 15th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 14th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 13th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 12th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 11th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 10th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 9th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 8th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 7th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 6th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 5th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 4th April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 3rd April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 2nd April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 1st April

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 31st March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 30th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 29th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 28th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 27th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 26th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 25th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 24th March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 23rd March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 22nd March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 21st March

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre: 20th March

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