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Location Portland Bill
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Owner Simon Colenutt

Effort

Protocol:  Historical

Checklist Comments

I arrived in the main car park at the Bill at 06:45 just as it was getting light. As I opened the car door I could hear large numbers of Meadow Pipit and Linnet passing overhead with a few Grey Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail. Off the Bill a pod of around 15 Bottle-nosed Dolphin with around five calves were showing well as they frolicked around a fishing boat. I wandered towards the observatory firstly walking the perimeter of the Pulpit Inn and then to the quarry and past the bushes on the western boundary of the observatory. In the observatory garden there were around five Chiffchaff, two Willow Warbler and a smart Yellow-browed Warbler but no sign of the Greenish Warbler that had been trapped and ringed yesterday although the bird had been showing earlier in the morning. After around 1.5 hours looking for the Greenish Warbler I decided that I would rather go birding so wandered along to Culverwell, up over the Top Fields to the West Cliffs, along Sweet Hill Lane to Southwell and back along the East Cliffs to the observatory. Back at the observatory the Greenish Warbler had shown again and so I decided to spend the rest of the afternoon looking for it. Within around 30 minutes I had a view of the Greenish Warbler along the access drive the observatory and over the next hour or two it showed fairly well on and off.

Totals

23
Species Observed
5
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Eurasian Kestrel

    Number observed:  X

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  2. Common Raven

    Number observed:  X

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  3. Eurasian Skylark

    Number observed:  17

  4. Sedge Warbler

    Number observed:  1

  5. Bank Swallow

    Number observed:  5

  6. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  240

  7. Western House-Martin

    Number observed:  25

  8. Yellow-browed Warbler

    Number observed:  1

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    In the Observatory garden.

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  9. Willow Warbler

    Number observed:  2

  10. Common Chiffchaff

    Number observed:  14

  11. Greenish Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Adult bird trapped and ringed on 24th September showing in the observatory Sycamores this AM. It was quite a washed out and worn bird with a very indistinct wing bar.

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  12. Eurasian Blackcap

    Number observed:  6

  13. Lesser Whitethroat

    Number observed:  1

  14. Goldcrest

    Number observed:  3

  15. Spotted Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

  16. Whinchat

    Number observed:  2

  17. European Stonechat

    Number observed:  3

  18. Northern Wheatear

    Number observed:  25

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  19. Gray Wagtail

    Number observed:  X

  20. Western Yellow Wagtail

    Number observed:  9

  21. Meadow Pipit

    Number observed:  X

  22. Eurasian Linnet

    Number observed:  X

  23. Reed Bunting

    Number observed:  1
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