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| | Portland Bird Observatory - birds sightings August 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The recent purple patch continued today when an Eastern Olivaceous Warbler was trapped and ringed in the Obs garden during the morning (biometry and more in-hand photos); it was released into the Obs Quarry where it eventually showed well for a while in the early evening. |
 | | Commoner migrants included 30 Willow Warblers, 15 Wheatears, 15 Yellow Wagtails, 6 Common Sandpipers, 6 Whinchats, a Whimbrel, a Reed Warbler, a Garden Warbler and a Pied Flycatcher at the Bill, whilst further Pied Flycatchers were at Southwell (3) and Reap Lane. |
 | | Willow Warblers continued to feature, with more than 40 at the Bill, but other migrants were thin on the ground; the Bill area otherwise produced just 5 Wheatears, a Ringed Plover, a Whimbrel, a Sedge Warbler and a trickle of Sand Martins and Swallows leaving to the south. |
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