Sunny, 19°, light SSE. A good day for  a stroll, most of our summer visitors are in now but still missing a few.  Lollingdon and Bunk areas: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, a Sedge Warbler, 2 Corn Bunting, 1 Reed Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, a Grey Heron, a Raven, 15 Swallow, 11 Swift, 2 House Martin and a Yellow Wagtail, etc. River: Swallow, Swift, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff and Cetti’s Warbler. Mammals: Red Fox and Brown ..read more

Sunny, 18°, light NNE. A couple of Dragonflies found by Alan. Common Clubtail and Four-spot Chaser ..read more

Mainly cloudy with rain later, 15°, light SSE. Lollingdon: Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat and Blackcap. Per Andy King. Mammals: Brown Hare and Roe Deer. Per Andy King. Dragonflies: Four-spot Chaser. Per Alan. Photos courtesy Andy King and Alan Dawson Brown Hare courtesy Andy King Four-spot Chaser courtesy Alan Roe Deer courtesy Andy King Common Carpet courtesy Andy King ..read more

Mainly sunny, 17°, light SE. River: no apparent change bird wise but 2 new Dragonflies and a Butterfly for the year. Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly and Large Red Damselfly. Butterflies: Brimstone, Orange Tip, Green Hairstreak and Peacock. AD. photos courtesy Alan   ..read more

Rain until 14:00, then just cloudy, 10°, breezy S. Bunk area: a reasonable passage of Hirundines this afternoon. With c80 House Martin, 40+ Swallow, a handful of Sand Martin plus c20 Swift. 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, a Yellow Wagtail, a Gadwall and 7 Lesser Blackback Gull, etc. AD & PC. Common Whitethroat Blackcap courtesy Alan Reed Bunting ..read more

Sunny spells, 13°, breezy S. Lollingdon: Wheatear, Swallow. Bunk: Little Egret on flood opposite school, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Gadwall. Mammals: Brown Hare. Dragonflies: Azure Damselfly. Butterflies: Green-veined White. Sightings and photos courtesy Alan ..read more

Sunny spells, 11°, light SW. Last day on Portland and leaving around 13:00. Heavy rain overnight and not subsiding until approx. 08:30. So got a lay-in. Some brief walks and intermittent sea-watch whilst packing, so not a lot to report. A couple of Manx Shearwater on the sea and an early stream of Gannet. Land wise. 2 Wheatear, a Whinchat, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest and 2 Common Whitethroat. A brief stop off at Ferrybridge: 3 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Oystercatcher, c15 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, c20 Little Tern and 2 Sandwich Tern. Butterflies: Green-veined White ..read more

Mainly cloudy, 7°, fresh NE. Best day so far with a reasonable fall of migrants. Sea-watch: an on and off one today with a Pomarine Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, c80 Common/Arctic Tern, a few Sandwich Tern, several Manx Shearwater, a Fulmar and the usual Gannet, Shag, Cormorant and Auks plus the 1000 strong, feeding, Gull flock off the Bill. Land: a Redpoll, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 10 Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 18 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Common Redstart, 3 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 102 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 80+ Swallow, 14 ..read more

A cloudy day with some afternoon rain, 7°, breezy WNW to E. A bloody cold day with a bitty passage of migrants seen, the exception being Hirundines. Swallow (100’s), House Martin (50+) and Sand Martin (10+) started around 09:30 and finished of around 14:00, give or take a few. A sea-watch was non-existent for me other than an Arctic Skua and 28 Common Scoter plus the usuals. Land: a Cuckoo flew from the garden at first light and may well have roosted there. c30 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, a Whinchat, a Tree Pipit, a Common Redstart, a Garden Warbler ..read more

Mainly cloudy with some light rain, 10°, breezy NNE. A cold and windy day that produced very few birds on both land and sea and little motivation. Sea-watch: 7 Whimbrel, 4 Common Scoter, 5 Manx Shearwater and that was about it other than the regulars. Land: Willow Warbler, 178 ringed in the obs garden today! Several Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Cuckoo and 1 Tree Pipit. A trip out to Ferrybridge: 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2+ Ringed Plover, c10 Dunlin and several Little Tern and Sandwich Tern. Find the Gannet A cropped shot Blackbird with prey HMS St Alban's off Portland ..read more