Mike Morse

Team Saga score again... 👍💪

An Arctic Skua west was the best of this morning's birds....

Whooper Swans 🙄

Cropped and cleaned up pic of this morning's Whooper's Swans as they headed west past West Bex just after 8.00am. The birds are currently at Colyford, Devon.

Six probable Whooper Swans just flown west past West Bex...

Might be of interest... European Storm Petrel carcass at West Bex this morning... very desiccated, so probably from last winter.

Earlish Red-throated Diver off West Bexington this morning...

Indeed....

A peach of 1w Casp at West Bex this morning along with Ring Ouzel, Spot Fly, 7 Wheatears and an exceptional flock of 120 Cormorants flying west at dawn... easily the highest single count we've witnessed here.. 99 in the picture

Sorry, I'm afraid not, the bird top left is a Reed Bunting two of the other three are Yellowhammers, the third very small image is probably too. Females Cirls are pretty tricky so don't be discouraged... Cirl Bunting pic attached. The rump colours is diagnostic, it would be rufus on a Yellowhammer.

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Some of the 81 Balearics Shearwaters that went east past West Bex this morning...I think I picked up the tail-end of the movement with unidentified birds distantly ahead of them...

Rubbish snatched shot but a Grey Phalarope has just flown east past West Bex...

What a great looking bird..

Thanks... Gav may have better...

Juv Sabine's Cogden found b.y @notquitescilly.bsky.social it flew east at around 9.00am...

The Caspian Gull was around West Bex again this morning.... shame about the oil....

Buff-tip according to Obsidentify...

...yes German.

Not looked up the scheme yet but I know what you mean...

Juv Caspian Gull at West Bex this morning... @joestockwell.bsky.social is checking the ring number to see if it's the bird seen at the Swannery yesterday, but it's slightly oiled so I imagine so. Redstart and Bearded Tit the best of the common migrants...

This confiding Dutch ringed Med Gull is back for its third year on the same patch of beach at Cogden this morning... a steady trickle of common migrants through the last few weeks, but nothing to get the pulse racing...yet.

Just our fifth sighting of the autumn but very few gulls here to sort through to be fair..

Here you go, West Bex yesterday...

That's a decent pic Martyn 👌

Hi alert on Severnside tomorrow!! @severnsidebirds.bsky.social

What happens on twitch stays on twitch😳

I'm sure I stepped over Lee Evans lying on the deck with his head in a sick bag.... I think the birds made up for it though.

The 'Vomit Comet' lived up to its name that day...🤢

Great to report that Cirl Buntings have bred on patch again this year. Now would be a good time of year to look for juvs, especially in areas where Cirls have been seen during winter. Please send any sighting to recorder@dorsetbirds.co.uk. Breeding records will be treated in strictest confidence.