The continuous turnover of migrants on Bardsey each day
shows no sign of stopping with today particularly impressive. The clear
highlight of the day went to a very brief
Serin which flew over Ty Bach calling in the afternoon. There have only
been five previous records of this delightful Mediterranean finch, the last
being in 2007.
Still a few Spotted Flycatchers being seen (c) Steve Stansfield
Another brief sighting regarded a single Hobby heading north over Nant in the
afternoon during a period of pronounced bird of prey passage, including eight
Sparrowhawks, one Buzzard, and three Kestrels. Lastly, a Treecreeper
was found in the Plantation amongst the multitude of active Goldcrests.
Chiffchaffs are appearing in good numbers (c) Steve Stansfield
Small sea passage consisted of six Manx Shearwaters, 36 Gannets,
25 Shags, four Common Scoters, ten Black-headed
Gulls, 515 Kittiwakes, 176 Razorbills, and three Puffins (the last being a particularly
late record). One Dunlin headed south
over the South End in the morning whilst The Narrows held one Whimbrel and 21 Turnstones. Overheard visible migration was very noticeable and
consisted of one Skylark, two Sand Martins, 1146 Swallows, one House Martin,
117 Meadow Pipits, one ‘Flava’
Wagtail, and six Grey Wagtails. In
addition nine Wheatears, one Song Thrush, three Whitethroats, six Blackcaps,
45 Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, 59 Goldcrests, three Spotted Flycatchers, and one Siskin
frequented the island’s Withies and gardens.
Ravens were on the move, and our regular pair were not happy!! (c) Steve Stansfield
Several Golcrest were in the plantation and Cristin Garden (c) Steve Stansfield
Several Golcrest were in the plantation and Cristin Garden (c) Steve Stansfield
Swallows were being defensive with the number of raptors passing through Nant including as many as seven Sparrowhawks (c) Steve Stansfield
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