Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 7hThe Wryneck proved to be reasonably confiding and was still on the coastal path below Long House when we left it at around 9.30, but was working its way slowly west. 1482
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 12hWryneck West Bexington along the coastal path below Long House... 0452
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just to prove, not least to myself, that it's October and there are birds on the move through West Bex... just not that many! The Redstart was seen Friday. 0383
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Covulvulus Hawk-moth caterpillar on Cogden Beach this morning. Obsidentify insisted it was an Auger shell but we got there in the end... 0170
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Dark morph juv Long-tailed Skua off West Bex this morning. Very close in and not attempting to fly suggesting poor energy reserves or illness... it continued to drift east when we left it around 9.30am. 2699
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Lesser Emperor at Cogden this morning .... the first record for here. Patrolling along the coastal path east of the boardwalk although realistically it had little choice of habitat, all the ponds at Cogden and West Bex have completely dried out... 0393
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Dutch ringed Med (3.742.469) back at West Bex for at least its 4th year. 0150
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Seen most days along the coastal path west of the DWT NR, but they are still dispersed and breeding so I can't be more specific. 120
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026...and West Bex! Actually saw this Sedge come in off the sea this morning and drop down in front of me... 0180
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Bird interest this morning was confined to an early movement of six Goosanders west, the other two were just out of shot. Still quite a few Blue-eyed Hawkers around...I got lucky with this one. 0241
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026There seems to have been a recent influx of Blue-eyed Hawkers.... at least three today quite well spread across the patch. 0414
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Great Northern Diver off West Bex coastguard cottages this morning.... 0251
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Waders at West Bex today included a new juv LRP and the lingering Green Sandpiper. Additionally, Yellow Wags (3) made it onto the year list (scarce here in spring) and there was an unseasonal Common Gull on the beach although I guess they will be on the move soon enough... 0311
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Thanks, couldn't find one this morning but big influx of Meds... 0100
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Birds on the move this last week include 156 Sand Martins in and around Burton Mere on the 8th then Green Sand, Curlew, 8 Cattle Egrets and 2 Teal thru. 2 LRPs lingered this morning. 0191
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Blue (Scarce) Chaser in the nature reserve at West Bex this morning... first patch record. 0210
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Just shy of 2,000 Manx Shearwaters east past West Bex 6.00am – 7.45am. With unidentifiable birds further out, I thought I was undercounting and numbers at Portland suggest that was the case although the movement might have started before I arrived. A Curlew east the only other bird of note. 0203
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Great views of 6 Manx Shearwater off West Bex beach this morning, which meant I got them on my WeBS count too. 1331
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 10/06/2026There was no sound let alone sight of a Cuckoo on patch this spring.... However, we usually do better when birds head back south again and that was the case this morning with this bird at Cogden. 0430
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Less exciting, but probably more important, we noticed a few Small Eggar tents this morning too.... 090
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Nice to join in with the current moth action down here... Crimson Speckled at West Bex this morning... 2747
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I seem to remember watching a female Montague's there with you many years ago... scary to think how far back that may have been... 000
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Cheers Steve... I was beginning to think we would have a blank spring. 010
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Five of the six Arctic Skuas that flew east past West Bex this morning.... other birds on the move included 89 Kittiwakes, 114 Gannets and singles of Whimbrel and Brent Goose. 1260
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 14/05/2026They were last recorded here (at West Bex) in 2003 and the last confirmed breeding (at Cogden) was in 2000. It's been a long wait... 110
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 14/05/2026You have to take your highs where you can this spring.... not able to trace a local release the two Grey Partridge, re-found this morning at West Bex, are getting the benefit of the doubt... 😉 1290
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A scattering of common migrants around this morning but also the shock of stumbling on two Grey Partridge at Cogden. Assume from a release, but who knows? I think conservation releases are more likely than shooting these days...anyway, makes a change from the bloody Red-legs. 170
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Whilst it's great to have lingering Garganey on patch (2 still this morning, 3 on Friday) some variety wouldn't go amiss... 0362
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Male and female Garganey on West Bexington Mere this morning. Also decent arrival of Common Whitethroats and our first Reed Warbler of the year... 0292
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Wheatears on the move this morning with at least 35 across West Bex and Cogden. Also 4 Red Kites, Sand Martin, Red-t Diver and a passage of Gannets and auks just after dawn that fizzled out about an hour later... 0463
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Five days later than last spring, two Wheatears were new for the year at Cogden... a Sand Martin through too... 0325
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Well, a south coast patch and a lot of legwork is clearly no guarantee of an early Wheatear.... a female Garganey on West Bex Mere was decent compensation however.... 0443
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Last day of a trip to Oman... Great views of my two most wanted amongst a list of some really great birds... 1180
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I'm really hoping they stick around 🫰for tomorrow... 010
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025The White-fronts were still around at 11.00am, but were likely disturbed by a group of walkers that passed us heading towards the Mere. The party of Brents included this gorgeous juvenile. 1221
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Two Russian W-fronted Geese currently on and around West Bex Mere + 6 Brent's. 0253
Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I belive it was Martin Garner who described them as such.... 120
