Saturday 29 August 2020

Today started drizzly with some cloud, but this soon cleared and it turned into a very pleasant day!

looking out from the Obs at a rainbow this morning!

This morning, Sam headed to the South End and the Narrows, there were a few waders around in Henllwyn, best of all was a juvenile Ruff, but a group of 11 Redshanks was also nice to see. Otherwise, things were fairly quiet, with land birds being in short supply again.

juvenile Ruff and Turnstones this morning on Henllwyn

Later on, George and Alex went to check some growth monitoring burrows at Ty Pellaf and above the Obs, three more chiks have fledged since the last checks. These checks were combined with a general check of the productivity burrows above the Obs, and providing the chicks that are there now manage to fledge, the productivity for the Obs will be at 80% - not bad at all.

Manx Shearwater from Growth Monitoring burrow

The afternoon saw Sam, Alex and George heading to Nant Valley to try and get some more Manxie chicks ringed. It was slow, with only 18 chicks being ringed between them, worrying, a few of the burrows were totally flooded after recent heavy rain, so some chicks may have succumbed to the weather...

Some chicks were ready to fledge, I doubt I'll be seeing them again on the next check...

Other sightings included: one Grey Heron, two Sparrowhawks, two Peregrines, two Dunlins, three Whimbrels, 28 Curlews, one Common Sandpiper, one Great Skua seven Black-headed Gulls, two Common Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, three Willow Warblers, four Goldcrests, 11 Great Tits, two Siskins.



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