Serin still about this mrng but quite mobile - several fly-overs at the Obs but not yet found anywhere else. After a slow start Manx picked up offshore with 2000 west by 11am, also 35 Balearics, singles of Storm Petrel & Arctic Skuas and a bit of a movement of Fulmars - 27 in total so far
12th June: Still blustery all day and still shearwaters moving throughout - c3000 Manx & 49 Balearics west before many started lingering offshore to confuse the situation; 27 Fulmars a Storm Petrel & an Arctic Skua also through. The Serin made regular reappearances without ever settling for long.
11th June: Miserable drizzly, cool & increasingly windy conditions produced another bumper total of Manx with likely up towards 10000 passing the Bill; Balearics much reduced with 6 logged, also 2 Arctic Skuas. The Serin again at the Obs; 2 Sanderling & 1 Dunlin the only waders at Ferrybridge
Portland Bird Observatory
Portland Bird Observatory
10th June: Although the Serin appeared again - 3 times all briefly overhead at the Obs - and singles of Grey Heron and Reed W were new arrivals it was Manx Shearwaters that again stole the show with likely well in excess of 2500 thru off the Bill; also on the sea 20 Balearics & an Arctic Skua...
...waders still trickling thru incl 10 Sanderling, 6 RP, 3 Dunlin & a Turnstone at Ferrybridge.
A Common Darter on the wing at Culverwell was the second earliest ever for Portland - beaten only by last year's exceptional single on 17th May
The Serin's just dropped in for a minute or so in the drizzle at the Obs - first time we've seen it settled; eventually flew off into the beach hut fields.
Manx still very numerous offshore - passing at c1000/hour earlier on this morning.
Couple of fly-bys of a Serin at the Obs in the last few minutes
Not sure what the current thoughts on the specific status of Langmaid's Yellow Underwing are but in the past things looking like them have always emerged earlier for us than Lesser Broad-borders. Singles yesterday and today were our earliest ever but the first (y'day) looked a lot like a LBBYU...
9th June: A couple of surprises from the land today with a Serin over the Bill lighthouse and a late Hobby in/off. Steady flow of Manx offshore - 500 through the morning and plenty more later - along with at least 30 Balearics & an Arctic Skua; also a miscellany of tern rpts incl both Black & Little
