Whilst many areas of the country are enjoying the current heatwave, we had a pea-souper of a fog which lasted well into the afternoon until it cleared by 5pm! In the early morning, at least seven juvenile Wheatears were frolicking on the South End along with a plethora of young Linnets. A Common Sandpiper was at Henllwyn and a Curlew flew along the West Coast. The fog had also dropped some more waders in around Henllwyn and the Narrows with our first Black-tailed Godwit of the year, as well as both a Greenshank and a Redshank plus a Sandwich Tern offshore. 

Once the fog had lifted, three Swifts were screaming high over the Observatory. A Manx Shearwater was seemingly trying to imitate an Ostrich burying its head in the sand by sticking its head into some long grass in the garden, unware it was in plain sight to the Assistant Warden looking through the moth trap. Perhaps it had lost its way in the fog. 

Views from the Observatory during the welcome talk to the guests (C) Greg Lee