Sunday 21 August 2022

Strong winds yesterday cleared enough to allow us to welcome North-east Norfolk Bird Club to the Island for a week. 


A small increase in passerine numbers in the calm weather produced four Tree Pipits, a Pied Flycatcher, two Goldcrests, six Willow Warblers and four Blackcaps

Swallows in Solfach

There was an increase in gulls mainly around the South End and Narrows today due to a large emergence of flying ants; this produced 26 Mediterranean Gulls, four Black-headed Gulls, six Common Gulls, 187 Herring Gulls, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 14 Great Black-backed Gulls. Amongst these were two colour-ringed adult Great Black-backed Gulls; one from the Calf of Man and one from Skokholm. 

Colour-ringed Great Black-backed Gulls © Ed Betteridge

On the same note, one of our Lesser Black-backed Gull's ringed one the North End on the 26/6/22 was resighted on Santa Cristina Beach, Spain on the 20/8/22 some 673 miles away! This became the first resighting of a Lesser Black-backed Gull ringed on Bardsey ever! 

Colour-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull © Antonio Lopez Porto

Other birds included two Grey Herons, 10 Mallards, 13 Common Scoters, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, four Ringed Plovers, six Whimbrels, 76 Curlews, 12 Redshanks, 17 Turnstones, three Sandwich Terns, two Guillemots, 29 Razorbills, a Sand Martins, 55 Swallows, 21 House Martins, a Song Thrush, 20 Goldfinches and 310 Linnets.

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