A couple of the 6 Blackcaps feeding on apples in the garden today

A few photos from the past week at Portland Bill

@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social 2 Sandwich Terns past Billy Winters and a Great Crested Grebe just offshore

Reap Lane: Black Redstart, 7 Wheatears, 3 Chiffchaffs and a Swallow; Barleycrates: Black Redstart, Wheatear

Barleycrates to Reap Lane 15 Wheatears, 8 Chiffchaffs, White Wagtail

12 Wheatear Ferrybridge moving through quickly, and one at Portland Castle with 3 Chiffchaffs

4 Wheatears Ferrybridge and 12 Turnstones

Great Northern Diver on the Fleet by the oyster beds

Black Redstart (female type) Reap Lane

Hummingbird Hawkmoth, one of two on the garden Rosemary this afternoon

Ferrybridge this morning 26 Dunlin, 15 Turnstone, 14 Ringed Plover

It seemed we were the only ones who hadn't seen a White-tailed Eagle on Portland until this morning at the Bill

Ferrybridge this morning, Redshank, 2 Wheatears, 2 Stonechats, 2 Shelduck

Mighorn river and Violi nature reserve, probably our best birding spot

Le Embut, another of our favourite spots, salt marsh and fresh water canals. Best about Embut is seeing thousands of birds coming to roost before sunset

For our last night in the Ebro Delta we are at Les Olles, a small lake which opens into the sea, one of the 3 places where we stayed for the past 17 days

We spent the day trapped in the van with 65mph winds. We found a hedge to shelter behind, no birds to photograph and couldn’t walk about but can’t complain about the surroundings

Our usual 1st stop in Spain is the Emporda Marshes, a place we’ve been visiting for more than 20 years. Easy birding and a nice introduction to Catalonia

Our 1st stop in the Ebro Delta was Les Olles, a small lake which empties into the Med. Here are Bluethroats, Fan-tailed Warblers, Caspian Terns and Glossy Ibis, birds that are common here

We’ve come south to Catalonia for some birds and warmer/dryer weather. Today in the Ebro Delta a new bird for us - Sociable Plover, distant and difficult to pick out in the rice fields but great to see. Also a Booted Eagle from last evening

Portland Bill 0800-0900 2 Red-throated Divers, 2 Common Scoter, 5 Teal, 10 Purple Sandpipers

3 more Great Northern Divers from Billy Winters and 2 G-c Grebes

9 Great Northern Divers, 8 Black-necked Grebes and 2 Great Crested Grebes Portland Harbour from Starbucks and 3 GND, 1 GC Grebe from Osprey Quay

8 Great Northern Divers close in at Portland Castle

6 Great Northern Divers and 21 Turnstones Portland Harbour

The seas are wild this morning at Portland Bill, just us and the Purple Sandpipers here at the moment

Rock Pipit (AEC)at Portland Bill this morning looks to have had an encounter with @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social

Sparrowhawk in the garden

Even when not much is happening at Portland Bill the Purple Sandpipers provide good entertainment

Common Dolphin Portland Bill

4 Redwings north, Great Northern Diver and 153 Brent Geese at Ferrybridge, 2 more GND in the Harbour

Two Redwings and a Blackcap turned up briefly in the garden this afternoon

4 Great Northern Divers from Billy Winters

Purple Sandpipers Portland Bill

Red-breasted Mergansers Portland Harbour

50 Redwings north along Osprey Quay in past 20 minutes

Goosander Portland Harbour going east towards Sandsfoot, 5 Goosanders Ferrybridge swam up the Fleet

Goosander at Ferrybridge this morning

Male Goosander Ferrybridge has now flown towards Pirates Cove

The Dunlin flock at Ferrybridge this morning

Smallmouth at sunrise

3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Plovers and a Curlew at Ferrybridge this morning

Yesterday's Tundra Bean Geese at a cold and frosty Winterbourne Monkton

Pale-bellied Brent with Brent Geese Ferrybridge

7 Pintail, 5 Widgeon and 61 Lapwings east over Ferrybridge this morning

12 Purple Sandpipers Portland Bill around the Obelisk

Good Morning from Portland Bill

Purple Sandpipers on the rocks at Portland Bill this morning

Goosander at Portland Castle. It sometimes swam too close to photograph and wasn't bothered when a small dog was barking and splashing around it

A few photos from the past few days at Ferrybridge and the Bill