Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 18hwww.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/10/6th-october.htmlportlandbirdobs.com6th OctoberIt was another busy autumnal day with a plentiful spread of new arrivals that included several on-cue firsts for the season, with 1 or more ... 0122
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 18hObs moth-traps quietened a little last night but still a pretty decent catch of migrants with a Toadflax Pearl catalaunalis the best of the new arrivals 0130
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/10/5th-october.htmlportlandbirdobs.com5th OctoberA pretty ripping morning saw a good cloud cover and no more than a waft of a breeze drop a succession of scarce migrants that included 4 Yel... 0416
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sadly the Sorcerers weren't on the wing for us last night but in all other respects it was an excellent night for migrant moths at the Obs, with a bumper catch of routine fare together with our second ever Southern Brindled Green + another Porter's Rustic 2432
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A third Yellow-browed Warbler of the day - this one for @slashercutts.bsky.social at Culverwell - all these are being colour-ringed as part of a national project to track their subsequent movements 0805
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another new unringed Yellow-browed Warbler just shown up in the Obs garden 0304
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The mist-nets are being really bountiful this morning - now a Siberian Chiffchaff from the CEF 1524
Reposted by Portland Bird ObservatoryMark Cutts @slashercutts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another vagrant from the east. This juvenile Little Bunting was a welcome visitor this morning to the #culverwell nets. #birdringing @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social 0899
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Lovely bit of cloud overhead has been a real positive: the first 2 Yellow-browed Warblers of the autumn from the CEF mist-nets - nice! 1734
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/10/4th-october.htmlportlandbirdobs.com4th OctoberThe loveliest of days to be out birding in unbroken sunshine and summer warmth - conditions that wouldn't usually be viewed as favourable fo... 0203
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/10/3rd-october.htmlportlandbirdobs.com3rd OctoberA veil of light cloud overhead that marked the dreg end of a weak weather front departing very slowly southeast did us a favour today and dr... 0221
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Couldn't manage three nights running for Maize Wainscot but overall improved migrant numbers/variety at the Obs last night. Porter's Rustic the highlight + 2 Convolvulus Hawks, Ni Moth & Golden Twin-spot. 0342
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/10/2nd-october.htmlportlandbirdobs.com2nd OctoberNo great change in our fortunes today, with overhead passage a little more conspicuous but grounded arrivals notably inconspicuous. Visible ... 0121
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The second Maize Wainscot in two nights from the Obs moth-traps this morning. 0532
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/10/1st-october.html 0271
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very happy with this: just minutes after being gripped off by news of @paulupwey.bsky.social's Maize Wainscot we find there's one in our moth-traps as well! 0738
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/28th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com28th SeptemberIt was very much a classic mid-autumn day at the Bill with the lightest of northeasterly breezes and some substantial cloud cover resulting ... 0326
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Saturday's Barred Warbler just retrapped - released in the Obs Quarry and flew into the pathside hedge on the east side 0234
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/26th-september_0920588764.htmlportlandbirdobs.com27th SeptemberThe beginning of a more unsettled period of weather began today with a brisk southeasterly airflow seeing attentions largely focused out to ... 1212
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/26th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com26th SeptemberDespite being yet another warm and sunny day, the birding was very much in contrast to yesterday, with grounded migrants providing the bulk ... 0283
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There's a Serin about - has dropped in briefly at the Obs a few minutes ago. 0172
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Barred Warbler trapped at the Obs 014415
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/25th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com25th SeptemberAnother quiet start in the continuing warm sunshine kicked into gear mid-morning with a fly-over Red-throated Pipit proving to be the exci... 0183
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Red-throated Pipit west over the Obs calling frequently 0382
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/24th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com24th SeptemberAnother day of lovely warmth and sunshine which, after a bright, moonlit night, did rather subdue the numbers of grounded migrants. Blackcap... 0192
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Think it's probably a wee bit too early in the autumn to qualify yet as an Indian summer but we're loving it being so hot that we're back in flip-flops having an Al fresco lunch in the CEF whilst catching a steady trickle of Swallows - nice! 1542
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/23rd-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com23rd SeptemberAnother lovely warm, sunny day but rather too lovely to have expected much of an arrival of grounded migrants. In the event, it really wasn'... 0212
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/22nd-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com22nd SeptemberYou could perhaps find fault in there not being a scarcity uncovered or the sea being very quiet but that would be being pretty churlish sin... 0243
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The ringing day started off well at the Bill and carried on in that vein, with the final total of 316 the highest total of the year to date and all the better for being undertaken in millpond calm and t-shirt & shorts warmth - pretty perfect really! 84 each of CC and House Martin the top totals. 0612
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Mothing continues to improve, with better numbers/variety of migrants overnight at the Obs. No particular surprises but a very late/second generation (first for over a month) Four-Spotted was an oddity amongst the locals. 0391
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A misty, murky start to the day at the Bill but plenty of migrant promise again in the mist-nets: Redstart, Whinchat, Garden Warbler and plenty of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps from the early looks 0502
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026After a hiatus in moth interest some small signs of movement afoot over the last couple of nights at the Obs: 2 Mugwort Pearls were nice after we missed out on their influx elsewhere in the SW earlier in the month; Heath Rustic, Horse Chestnut & the first Saltmarsh Knot-horn for a while also of note 1434
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/21st-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com21st SeptemberWith migration ticking along at such a low ebb for the last few weeks it was great to tap into some real quantity today, with sustained pass... 0202
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's been so relatively quiet this month that atrophied fingers have been been an issue for our visiting ringers but there's nothing like a good catch of House Martins to remedy that situation 0382
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lovely calm dawn at the Bill and a fair bit of migrant promise incl Water Rail, Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher from the first looks at the mist-nets. 0621
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/20th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com20th SeptemberThe beginnings of what's apparently going to be an extended spell of quiet weather was very welcome and prompted a good deal of fieldwork ev... 0191
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/17th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com17th SeptemberWind and rain were the order of the day at dawn but it didn't take long for the clearance to materialise and introduce sunny skies and pleas... 2323
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/16th-september.htmlportlandbirdobs.com16th SeptemberToday got off to a productive start with migration firing on all fronts including the first big push of visible migration of the autumn alon... 0203
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 16/09/20262 Spoonbills high south over the Bill 0393
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 13/09/20261w Caspian Gull in the East Cliffs Gull flock below Culverwell 0110
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Wryneck again in the Obs Quarry this mrng 0101
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Moth trapping slightly stagnated in recent nights but still a fair spread of presumably mostly local-bred migrants about. Best catch at the Obs last night a little Aethes that looks to be a strong candidate for Samphire Straw A bilbaensis 0351
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wryneck still in the Obs Quarry this mrng 0191
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wheatears in good numbers, Meadow Pipits coming to the fore in place of Yellow Wagtails - autumn's marching on pretty quickly! www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/11th-september.html 0453
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In contrast to the sea, the only spectacle on the land this mrng is how empty the mist-nets have been; however, it only takes one and a new Wryneck from the CEF has just saved the day 3974
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Spectacular passage of Kittiwakes ongoing off the Bill - constant blizzard of them heading west already totaling well past 2500 in the hour since dawn. 0508
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Beauty and the Beast - Firecrest and Sparrowhawk both trapped for the first time this autumn from the early rounds of the mist-nets 2734
Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/09/9th-september.html 0201
