Saturday 11 May 2019

In a 17mph northerly wind migrants were not expected to be as numerous as they were, we were pleasantly surprised.

Nant produced an impressive 11 Spotted Flycatchers and the days total tallied 14 with two more at the observatory and one in the withys, our highest count of the year so far. Also at nant, a Coal Tit was heard in the middle of the conifer plantation, our first of the year and a scarce bird on Bardsey, and a Robin was seen, a bird that used to be resident until a harsh winter last year.

Warblers were more abundant all over the Island but mostly at nant and the observatory, totals included one Grasshopper Warbler, an impressive 17 Sedge Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, 13 Common Whitethroats, four Garden Warblers, four Blackcaps, eight Chiffchaffs and nine Willow Warblers 

Chough                                   Lewis Hooper

One of the many Spotted Flycatchers                                 Lewis Hooper

Common Whitethroat                                       Lewis Hooper


Elsewhere on the island there were ten Cormorants, 12 Shags, one Grey Heron, 31 Common Scoter from the boat, 200 Swallows, 19 House Martin, a male and a female Whinchat and eight Wheatear.

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