It was another calm couple of days, although overcast conditions settling over the island made it feel very cold. There were virtually no noteworthy sightings on the 24th, with very few thrushes around the island's gardens, and not much movement out to sea. The
Hooded Crow remained on Solfach, and was still present today. The 25th was a slightly more eventful day, with the
Water Pipit making an appearance on Solfach midday. The bird was seen feeding amongst the usual mix of
Rock Pipits, along with a couple of birds which looked more like
A.p. littoralis. The Water Pipit was a very striking bird, with off-white underparts and more defined streaking making it look like a
Meadow Pipit at times. It is likely that this is the same bird that was present a couple of weeks ago.
On the rest of the bird front: a flock of 21
Lapwings flew South-east over the Narrows, a
Jack Snipe and four
Snipe were flushed from the Ty Pellaf Wetlands, and a
Merlin chased the flock of
Goldfinches around Ty Pellaf. Thrush-counts were back up, with a total of 26
Blackbirds, nine
Song Thrushes, a
Fieldfare, and five
Redwings recorded.
Water Pipit- note the much paler tones on the underparts, more defined streaking and browner upperparts
Rock Pipit
There is still a small flock of Starlings on Solfach, although most of them have dispersed
These two Choughs became engaged in an interesting battle, which ended with both of them flying off after each other, and several other birds in pursuit!
At least that made it super easy to get colour ring reads :)
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