Sunday, 6 May 2018

The bizarre intermittent mist and fog remained for another day today, rolling in and out, sometimes been incredibly thick only to clear for bright sunshine five minutes later, to relapse a few minutes later to dense fog! The strange weather made for spectacular viewing from the top of the Mountain as waves of clouds made their way across the island and Llyn peninsula under the viewer.


Some of the spectacular cloud formations visible from the top of the Mountain today! © Billy Dykes

It was another day of modest migration, wader wise a group of nine Purple Sandpipers and five Whimbrels were the pick of the bunch. Another Sandwich Tern was seen over Narrows today. Overhead passage saw three Sand Martins, 148 Swallows, five House Martins, two 'flava' Wagtails and a Tree Pipit move through. Whilst on the land the highlights included a female Redstart and three Spotted Flycatchers, other passerine migrants included three Stonechats, 20 Wheatears, 11 Sedge Warblers, five Whitethroats, six Blackcaps, nine Chiffchaffs, nine Willow Warblers two Goldcrests, five Siskins, five Lesser Redpolls and two Bullfinches.

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