Debra Saunders

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

The view from the Mighorn tower. Waders yesterday, scoping only, singles of Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Sandpiper along with large numbers of Red, Green and Spotted Shanks, Avocets, Snipe, Common and Green Sandpipers

Light and Dark phase Booted Eagles

Whispered Tern

Bluethroat

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

Glossy Ibis, huge flocks of these morning and evening

Spoonbills roost at Embut

Greenshanks on the canal

Observation tower at sunset

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

Squanto Heron, we have met this one a few times on our walks along the canals

Glossy Ibis on their way to roost just before sunset over the lake

Purple Swamphen Common on the edges of the lakes

Hoopoes easy to see in Spain

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

Sardinian Warbler

Have to have a Flamingo photo when in Spain

Little Gull

View from one of the hides

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

Bluethroat, we see them everywhere but disappear as soon as they see us

Must be 1000’s of Glossy Ibis here

A preening Fan-tailed Warbler

A majestic Caspian Tern

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

Sociable Plover with a Lapwing

The area is immense and well done Pete for picking it out, I could hardly see it

Booted Eagle with a Marsh Harrier

Booted Eagle

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

Now a 3rd from Starbucks

2 more from Starbucks

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

Redwing

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

4 Great Northern Divers from Billy Winters

Purple Sandpipers Portland Bill

I enjoy watching the water sports in the harbour as well as the birds but they do cause a great deal of disturbance. This sailboarder put up a large flock of feeding Mergansers

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

We saw the Goosander from the footbridge moving towards us at speed feeding along the water's edge. When it came past the spit opposite the visitors centre it saw it could go no further and flew back up the Fleet

Goosander at Ferrybridge this morning

Male Goosander Ferrybridge has now flown towards Pirates Cove