Mixed weather today with sudden torrential showers
book-ending a mostly sweltering day of sunshine. A few new birds made landfall
overnight making the day even more enjoyable. A bird singing for long periods in
the Cristin garden in deep foliage provided most of the day’s interest. The
bird refused to leave the undergrowth and despite eager eyes scouring the
bushes all day it refused to show itself. With it’s loud, flutey, and almost
Whimbrel-like song, the current consensus is of Radde’s Warbler! A short recording of the song has been taken in
the hope to clear up this mystery in due course.
A pair of Reed
Warblers singing away at Cristin and Nant were obvious migrants whilst
further warblers recorded amounted to three Sedge Warblers, two Whitethroats, six Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs,
and one Willow Warbler. In addition, counts of 2613 Manx Shearwaters, 25 Turnstones, one Sandwich Tern, one Cuckoo, two Swifts, three Spotted Flycatchers, and one Lesser Redpoll were recorded.
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