The Northern Bottle-nosed Whales off East Cliffs this morning: youtu.be/bw2dzcI1IUE?...

Northern Bottle-nosed Whales, Portland Bill, 2nd September 2026

YouTube video by Martin Cade

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A Knot taking evasive action. Selsey Bill. Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C #birdphotography #naturephotography

The whales seen better and look to be Northern Bottle-nosed!

Porthgwarra 6:30-12 (2nd Sept) Desertas/Feas type 10:16 for four mins in the Runnel reef. 1 Great Shearwater 1 Cory’s Shearwater 7 Balearic Shearwater 6 Sooty Shearwater 1 ad Sabine’s - close (video) 2 Long-tailed Skua juvs, inc a nice blonde 2 Arctic Skua 1 Great Skua 2 Puffin 22 Euros

Intense morning at St Ives yesterday - Barolo S, dark juv LT Skua, 2 Wilson’s, 3 Leach’s, 30 ESP, 3 Grey Phal, juv Sabine’s, 4 Great Shear, 2 Cory’s, 19 Sooty, 30k Manx, 27 Arctic Skua, 3 Bonxie, Black Tern & good turnout. Today - Clodgy’s 2nd Wryneck in a week & other goodies #cornwallbirding

August Peninsula total 149 birds, five above average, but one less than last year. Year to date total now 205 which is two behind last year's record total at the same date, but four above average. Only addition this month was Pied Flycatcher.

Long-tailed Skua at Steart Pt this morning, pic by Andy Harris @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Wheatears, Whinchats, and Spotted Flycatchers, along with a Peregrine and a Redstart were the highlights of an early morning visit to Church Norton. @selseybirder.bsky.social

Two more Vestals in our Selsey garden trap this morning, making three for the year after never having had one before. #moths #mothing #teammoth

3 days at Porthgwarra / Pendeen, West Cornwall was enjoyable - highlights 1 Band-rumped Storm-petrel this morning - enjoyed by many, 10 Sabine's Gulls, 2 juv LT Skua, 20 Great Shears, 100+ Cory's - I spent rather too much time scanning Manx lines today for Barolo, without success!

Two Knot feeding along the shoreline at Selsey Bill this lunchtime. @selseybirder.bsky.social

A rare 3 Skua day @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. A dainty dark morph juv Long-tailed Skua getting as good as it gave, then 3 Arctics one of which pursued Sarnies over the shore. In the afternoon, a dark Pomarine barrelled thru. Back at base a Kind of Blue moff here in Birdland #TeamMoth #KentBirding

Adult Sabine's Gull flew west past the seawatching hide at 06:35hrs #kentbirding

Berry Hd 0630-1530 totals with @clennonvalley.bsky.social et al.: Alpine Swift, 2 Roseate Terns, 2403 Common Terns, 8+ Arctic Terns, 13 Sandwich Terns, 22 Arctic Skuas , Bonxie, Sooty Shearwater, 1283 Manx, 141 Balearic, Caspian Gull 1w, Yl Gull 1w, 55 Med Gulls, 3 Common Gulls, 8000+ Kittiwakes

Porthgwarra 0630-1400hrs Long-tailed Skua, 4 Arctic Skua, 4 Bonxie, 32 Cory's Shearwater, 2 Great Shearwater, 5 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 17 Storm Petrel, 10 Dunlin, Turnstone #cornwallbirding

A day of mostly seawatching, with strong winds getting worse from mid-morning. The most notables include 1309 Common Tern, 4688 Sandwich Tern, 46 Arctic Skua, 12 Fulmar, two Fulmar, two Sooty, four Manx and 30 Balearic Shearwater. Vismig included 89 Sand Martin and 412 Swallow. #kentbirding

Past the Fishing Boats up to 09:15hrs, all moving west: Storm Petrel, 28 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Manx Shearwater, 17 Arctic Skua, 10 Black Tern, 288 Common Tern and 1108 Sandwich Tern. #kentbirding

Pendeen Watch seawatch today (29th Aug). 6:30-14:30pm. c. 25 observers. 3 Balearic Shearwater, 14 Sooty 7 Great 38 Cory's 500 + Manx 6 Euro S 1 Wilson's 91 Sandwich Tern , 10 Common Tern, 8 Arctic Tern, 2 Black Tern, 2 Little Tern, 1 Great Skua, 10 Arctic Skua - all ads. Video

An awesome 756 pairs. But before you ask...I don't know the productivity 😀 @wordsfromwez.bsky.social might know....

Brilliant tern news from RSPB Pagham Harbour. All made possible thanks to years of hard work by RSPB staff and volunteers past and present. A lovely dose of good news 😀 @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/P...

Pagham Harbour Sandwich Tern colony reaches record size

Sandwich Terns nested at RSPB Pagham Harbour in record numbers in 2026, four years after bird flu caused the colony to be abandoned.

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Balearic (or Mediterranean if you prefer...) Shearwater west at Selsey Bill per SH

Epic Lyme Bay Pelagic from Brixham. Sabine's Gull, Sooty, 111 Balearic & 3000 Manx Shearwater, 2 Great & 5 Arctic Skua, 140 Common & 2 Arctic Tern, 8 Yellow-legged & 10 Med Gulls, 2500 Kittiwake, 1600 Gannet, 1200 Guillemot, Purple Sandpiper @naturetrek.bsky.social Data @marinelife1.bsky.social

This morning's log from the Bill courtesy of SH/AH, Great White Egret, Little Gull and Black Tern the highlights plus good a number of Med Gulls

Osprey over Church Norton today

Ebird Pagham Harbour overview courtesy of Gareth James is here: ebird.org/barchart?byr...

118 yellow wagtail (on deck min, not including birds flying over ) , wheatear , golden plover and corn bunting Church Norton fields

c.2000 sand martins, c.500 swallows, c.yellow wags on fields opposite cottages at Church Norton #sussexbirding

Decent passage again this morning with a Sooty Shearwater, 17 Arctic Skua, 210 Med Gull, two Black Tern, 200 Common Tern and 1820 Sandwich Tern going east. The first dabblers of the autumn headed west with 72 Teal and six Wigeon. An Osprey was touring the recording area early morning. #kentbirding

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