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

Mainly cloudy, 10°, N, backing WSW. A slow day with little on the sea and land. Sea-watch: 17 Whimbrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua (Bonxie), 1 Great Northern Diver, 7 Manx Shearwater, 1 Puffin, 2 Sandwich Tern plus many Guillemot, Razorbill, Gannet etc and c2000 Gulls feeding over the race. Land: 1 Peregrine, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, good numbers of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff, 1 Swift, several hundred Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, 2 Oystercatcher and 3-4 Purple Sandpiper. Butterflies: Green-veined White and Orange Tip. Purple Sa ..read more

Mainly cloudy, 10°, Light N. A little chilly still. Sea-watch: an on-off sea-watch today, 2 Shelduck, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 30+ Whimbrel and 10 Bar-tailed Godwit etc. Land: a Brambling (f), 16 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, a Garden Warbler, a Pied Flycatcher, 2 Blackcap, 30+ Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin and a high flying Hen Harrier in-off the sea. A rather feisty Starling ..read more

Mainly cloudy, 10°, Light N. River: Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, Kingfisher and Reed Bunting. Lollingdon: Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Blackcap, Swallow, Lapwing and Yellow Wagtail. Bunk: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Blackcap, Swallow, House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat and Yellow Wagtail over. Per Alan. Yellow Wagtail ..read more

Cloudy then rain, 8°, light NNE. Day started reasonably well then rain stopped play around 13:00. Sea-watch: 67 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Knot, 2 Arctic Skua, 9 Whimbrel, 10 Common Scoter, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, numbers of Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Gannet and several Sandwich Tern and Oystercatcher. Land: Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Common Redstart, Cuckoo, Swallow, Sand Martin and House Martin. Razorbill Swallow Guillemot Great Blackback Gull Guillemot and a Razorbill Oysterca ..read more

Mainly sunny, 12°, breezy NE. A protracted sea-watch produced, 60+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Skua, 16 Common Scoter, 2 Sandwich Tern and a single Great Northern Diver. The landward sightings became a little more diverse today with 5 Wheatear, a Stonechat, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Redstart, several Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap, 2 Yellow Wagtail, a Cuckoo, a Ring Ouzel, 40+ Swallow, 4 House Martin and a single Sand Martin. Butterflies: a Small White, Green-veined White, Holly Blue and Peacock. Pied Flycatcher (f ..read more

Sunny, 13°, light to breezy NE. A bitty sea watch and a good day’s birding. Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, a couple of Manx Shearwater, 2 Canada Geese, a Fulmar plus usual Auk species, Shag and Gannet. On land: 2 Common Redstart, a Black Redstart, 3 Wheatear, a Whinchat, a Stonechat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, several Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler, 20+ Swallow, 2 Little Owl, 3+ Raven and a Whimbrel. Butterflies: Small White, Holly Blue and Red Admiral. Lesser Whitethroat Stonechat 2 Little Owl 2 of a flock of 18 Carrion Crow Angle Shades ..read more

Sunny, 13°, light to breezy NE. River: Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Kingfisher and Swallow. Lollingdon: Greenshank, 4 Wheatear, 5 second viewing of a Whinchat before disappearing, unable to relocate. Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Swallow over. Per Alan. Greenshank Wheatear ..read more

Sunny spells and showers,13°, breezy NW. Bunk: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Swallow, Common Whitethroat and Little Egret. Lollingdon: 4 Wheatear, Chiffchaff and Blackcap. photos courtesy Alan Little Egret Oystercatcher ..read more

Sunny spells, 12°, light WSW. 2 Oystercatcher, a Common Sandpiper and 2 Willow Warbler, Bunk area. Per Alan. Greenshank, Lollingdon. Per Tony W. Tree Pipit heard flying north over Cholsey Station. Per Richard Broughton ..read more