The day started nicely with sunny spells and only light winds coming from the North, but as the day went on, thick cloud drew in; from early afternoon onwards, it was drizzly and misty - not too pleasant!

early morning at Nant Valley, looking out over the Sound

George and Sam both headed out to do census early morning and it was clearly quieter than yesterday. There wasn't much about, though a juvenile Meadow Pipit below the Obs was keeping an adult nearby busy, constantly begging for food. Up at Ty Bach, the Carrion Crows are getting almost too big to fit in the nest, they're just beginning to sit beyond the nest boundary in the branches nearby while still being fed, noisily, by their parents.

singing adult Meadow Pipit below the Obs

a juvenile close by with much fresher, richly-coloured plumage

Nant still had a few things around though, Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Whitethroat were all singing while the latter was also nest building near the Plantation. Three Spotted Flycatchers were spread around the perimeter too and two Siskins flew over heading North, and quickly shot over the Sound, back to the mainland.

a female Whitethroat searching for caterpillars in the long grasses

Over on the Narrows, two Whimbrels were in Henllwyn and a few more juvenile Meadow Pipits were around, clearly quite a few have begun fledging in the recent nice weather! A Grey Heron flew down the West coast also, the first for quite a while. The Withies and Reedbed had five singing Sedge Warblers still present with two Willow Warblers also singing in the Withies.

Grey Heron flying down the West Coast

Other sightings of note were: one Buzzard, two Peregrines, 30 Swallows, four House Martins, two Song Thrushes, three Willow Warblers, one Blackcap, four Whitethroats and four Great Tits.

The moth trap wasn't run last night due to strong winds and heavy rain.