Sunday 15 April 2018

Today is predicted to be one of the last calm days this week, following prolonged calm weather we’ve seen the first passage of Spring migrants with another good showing of Blackcaps so far this Spring. Probably as a result of the calm and warmer weather of late, the first Large White of the year was seen, in Ty Nesaf bathroom of all places!


A Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel were marauding around the island today. Another good day for waders saw 30 Purple Sandpipers, a Snipe, four Whimbrels, 13 Redshanks and 12 Turnstones recorded, all of which were feeding on the rocks around the Narrows, bar the Snipe which was flushed from the Wetlands. The female Great Spotted Woodpecker continues to inhabit Cristin garden, presumably now waiting for a mate. Some light vismig resulted in a Swallow, a Tree Pipit and five White Wagtails being logged today. Other migrants included the three Wheatears, 14 Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, 22 Willow Warblers and a Goldcrest, all stopping briefly on the island to feed before moving on. Finches continued to be a key aspect of migration this year, some 84 Goldfinches, 112 Linnets and five Lesser Redpolls were to be seen on the island today.

migrant male Blackcap


Female Great Spotted Woodpecker

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