Wednesday 11 October 2017

The South-westerly winds continue to overstay their welcome here on Bardsey, with gusts well above 50mph at times! Unsurprisingly this produced very little on the land. However, persistence with seawatching produced a few birds of interest, six Manx Shearwaters were still to be seen, despite the majority already being on their wintering grounds. Gannets moved through in a noticeable number with 71 logged today. A smart adult Little Gull was a pleasant surprise; however, the clear highlight today was a 2nd calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull seen past the North End, only the sixth record of this species for Bardsey, but amazingly the second this year! Kittiwakes moved through in good number as did Razorbills with 1456 and 184 seen respectively. The only other bird out to sea was a single Puffin, an unseasonably late record! 

Two Purple Sandpipers were seen sheltering in the bays on the Narrows. Two Merlins were still to be seen, as were two Water Rails. Finally, Goldcrests predictably fell in number with only 14 seen today.

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