The last few days have been fairly unproductive on Bardsey, with little change noted today. The highlight was a
Wryneck found at Cristin, it could be a new individual but, given the fairly dismal weather recently, is perhaps more likely the relocating Ty Pellaf bird that went undetected yesterday. Otherwise there was little evidence of arrivals on land, other than small increases to 61
Robins and 60
Goldcrests. Nine
Chiffchaffs and four
Blackcaps were scattered around the island, with 12
White Wagtails on the Narrows, otherwise there was a very small selection of other species, including five
Lesser Redpolls at the Plantation, a single "
Flava"
Wagtail overhead, and one each of
Spotted Flycatcher,
Wheatear,
Willow Warbler and
Water Rail grounded. Three
Sparrowhawks were also seen today, alongside lingering singles of
Buzzard and
Kestrel.
On the sea we also had a pretty sparse selection of birds on offer; 3320
Kittiwakes, 115
Razorbills and 84
Gannets were the most numerous species. The "big four" of early autumn has now become just a "big three", with hardly any
Manx Shearwaters being seen most days. 14
Arctic Skuas, ten
Great Skuas, seven
Arctic Terns, three
Sandwich Terns and a single
Common Scoter provided the rest of the days interest. There had been almost no changeover of waders on the Narrows, apart from increases to 60
Curlews and three
Dunlins, a single
Teal in Solfach was also notable.
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