A glorious day on Bardsey with the breeze dropping as the day went on. There was an uptick in grounded migrants with 52 Willow Warblers across the island in the various gardens and withies with the majority of birds at Nant, where a single Pied Flycatcher was also present. Three apiece of Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat were also recorded and there appeared to be a small influx of Goldcrests with nine across the island including a single bird on the South End, three ringed at the Observatory and a single on the Mountain. Another pulse of House Martins was also noted with 271 birds descending in a flock over the Wetlands and the Observatory though they hesitated to find their way into the nets. 

Pied Flycatcher (C) Greg Lee

Gull numbers had slightly dropped down from recent days with 1302 Kittiwakes noted as well as 405 Herring Gulls, 22 Black-headed Gulls and two each of Common and Mediterranean Gull. Offshore, five Sandwich Terns were raucously calling and a juvenile Common Tern was off the South End. 

Fledgling Swallows (C) Greg Lee

Wader numbers continue to trickle through with singles of Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Purple Sandpiper at Solfach along with seven Turnstones and three Redshanks. 19 Curlews flew into Henllwyn in the evening and there were two Common Sandpipers with birds at the North and South End respectively. 

Red Admirals appear to be enjoying another influx with 34 noted today, a large proportion of these being found in the Observatory Garden, Small Whites numbered 10 and there were now four Painted Ladies. A Hummingbird Hawk-moth was also seen at Nant.