By far the best of the day came in the form of a
Great Crested Grebe mid-afternoon, which flew in from the North, before settling on the sea off the west side for a brief time. This is the first Great Crested Grebe on Bardsey since 2001, and is only the 15th record for the island. In other news, a feeding flock of
Kittiwakes and
Black-headed Gulls off the West Side in the afternoon attracted a good variety of other species into the mix: a
Balearic Shearwater, 24
Mediterranean Gulls, ten
Common Gulls, a
Little Gull and a
Sandwich Tern were seen. Despite the howling south-east winds and torrential downpours, it was clear that passerine migrants were at least
trying to move through the island. Today's totals comprised one
Skylark, 27
Swallows, 81
Meadow Pipits, two
Grey Wagtails, 11
Chiffchaffs and nine
Goldcrests.
Knot
Turnstone
Herring Gull
Rock Pipits
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