Portland Bird Observatory
and Field Centre

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Bird Observatories in Britain and Ireland

Bird Observatories Council - the national body co-ordinating and promoting the work of the British and Irish Bird Observatories

Bardsey Bird Observatory

Dungeness Bird Observatory

Fair Isle Bird Observatory

Filey Brigg Bird Observatory    

Holme Bird Observatory

Languard Bird Observatory

North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory      

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust

Spurn Bird Observatory

 

Natural History & Local Interest Websites

Chesil Beach

Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group - includes daily bird news updates.

Dorset Bird Club

Dorset Moth Group

Jurassic Coast - website of the Dorset and East Devon World Heritage Site.

Portland Bill - Portland's leisure & business facilities, landmarks, weather etc.

The Isle of Portland - Geology of the Dorset Coast - by Ian West University of Southampton.

 

PBO Members' Websites

Birdfinders  - birding holidays run by PBO treasurer Vaughan Ashby.

Birding the Nothe - the local patch of the Travelling Naturalist, Jamie McMillan.

Birds and Moths of Burnham-on-Sea - the local patch of Wendy and Andrew Slade.

Birds, Birding, and me.... - Steve Waite's blog from the Axe Estuary/Seaton area in east Devon.

Birdfoodbypost - online bird food and accessories from Martin and Sue Brown.

Captain's Log -  Paul Baker's highly entertaining travels around Portland, Weymouth and most other points on the globe.

CVLbirding - Rich Andrew's Chew Valley Lake site.

Dawlish Warren - recent sightings and more from this Devon hot-spot by Kevin Rylands.

Felixstowe Birding - bird news, trip reports and more by Paul Oldfield.

FungalPunkNature - an all-encompassing gem of a site from Dave Higginson-Tranter.

Gallery of Birds - Paul Gale's photographs and John Gale's artworks.

Heysham Bird Observatory - Pete Marsh's blog with all the news from this Lancashire hotspot.

Kazakhstan Birdtours - mouth-watering trips to central Asia with Svetlana Annenkova.

My Digi-Photos - Chris Trott's digi-scoping site.

Nature Portfolio Image Library - order licensed or royalty free natural history photos online from Bob Ford's attractive and accessible website.

Sculpture Hut - Sarah Gilpin's sculpture studio/workshop situated in one of the beach huts close to the Observatory.

Spiders of Portland - Ian Pembroke's photo archive of the arachnid fauna of the island.

Sutton Bingham Reservoir - Tim Farr's website that features the natural history of this well-known site on the Somerset/Dorset border.

Welsh Birder in Dorset - a bit of birding and a bit of ringing from Luke Phillips, Information Officer at RSPB Weymouth Wetlands.

Widerscope - plenty of entertainment and trip reports from Nick Bond, Seth Gibson and Danny Cooper.

Wildlife from Winchester - Simon Woolley and Julia Casson's website including plenty of trip reports.

 

Local accommodation

The Old Higher Lighthouse 

 

PBO Sponsors' Websites

In Focus - In Focus have sponsored Portland Bird Observatory in a variety of ways in return for us allowing them to use the Obs as an occasional  venue where they demonstrate and sell a wide range of optical equipment.

Heights Hotel - if the accommodation we provide at Portland Bird Observatory does not suit your requirements why not try the Heights Hotel.

 

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