Thursday 17 September 2020

It didn't take long for the island to heat up today, and by around 08:30 it was certainly too warm to wear anything more than a t-shirt and shorts!! A cool North-Easterly breeze helped to keep the heat down a little, and also brought us some more birds.

An evening Kayak in Henllwyn

George headed north in the morning, with Nant being relatively quiet apart from a few Goldcrests,  Chiffchaffs and Siskins. There was more activity overhead though, with a further 12 Siskins and 19 Chaffinches, with the highlight being two Crossbills which flew north at around 9am and a Hooded Crow which flew south shortly after. Over in the North West Fields, a new flock of 32 Carrion Crows also contained another two Hooded Crows, these are uncommon here, but should become relatively regular from now through the autumn.

Hooded Crow with two Carrion Crows in the North West Fields

Steve headed south to Pen Cristin first where there was a brief movement of Swallows for around twenty minutes which totalled 228 birds, it was then on to the Narrows where offshore another group of three Curlew Sandpipers headed rapidly south with a single Dunlin amongst them. Other wader numbers were healthy today, and there was a nice variety too, with 13 Ringed Plovers, two Golden Plovers, 10 Dunlin, one Snipe, one Whimbrel, 52 Curlew, eight Redshank and 86 Turnstones. Over on the South End, Tuesday's Wryneck was still present around the same bush.

Dunlin on Solfach

In the evening, George and Alex went for a kayak around Henllwyn; they checked a few Ogofs around there as they did and spotted a new Grey Seal pup in one of them. This is the eleventh this year, hopefully it'll be another bumper year for pupping on the island!

Newborn Grey Seal pup

Other sightings today included: 11 Common Scoters, two Sparrowhawks, three Buzzards, one Kestrel, two Peregrines, five Mediterranean Gulls, five Black-headed Gulls, two Common Gulls, one Great Spotted Woodpecker, 38 Skylarks, one Tree Pipit, 21 Grey Wagtail, 85 White Wagtails, 38 Robins, one Reed Warbler, one Whitethroat, one Blackcap, 17 Chiffchaffs, one Willow Warbler, seven Goldcrests, 37 Chaffinches, 23 Siskins and 82 Linnets.




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