Hilbre Bird Observatory

Eight Willow Warblers and a Chiffchaff were ringed this morning during a fresh easterly wind which later strenghened and killed any migratio...

Quiet again today, cold at first and a good breeze from the north east, but later the wind dropped light, the direction swung right around ...

A very similar morning to yesterday with the addition of at least 5 Willow Warblers in the paddocks at dawn. Still no Wheatears and only a ...

A very quiet morning on the island with no warblers, no Wheatears and no finches apart from the breeding linnets and 2 visiting Greenfinches...

The wind dropped overnight then picked up from just north of east, not ideal and so it proved. The only migrants on the island during the ea...

The North Westerly airflow continued overnight and first thing this morning, but observers staying on the island were not to be put off and ...

A beautiful sunny day but no phylloscopus warblers arrived in the north westerly airflow although there were a few Wheatears still moving....

The wind swung to the north west in the night with some rain showers, and as could have been predicted migration was much reduced this morni...