Monday 12 October 2020

It was rather cold again today, with more strong North-Westerlies blowing throughout the day.

Despite this, at least three Yellow-browed Warblers were seen across the island today, with one in the withies, one at Ty Capel and one at Ty Pellaf. Two Reed Buntings were also seen at Ty Pellaf and a Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen at the obs, continuing the relatively good passage of these scarce Bardsey birds over the past few weeks.

Fifteen Common Snipe were counted in the wetlands later this morning, the highest number so far this autumn. Whilst in the wetlands a few Redwings were seen in Ty Pellaf Withy, before 40 eventually flew out of the dense cover. This is the biggest flock so far this autumn and is hopefully a sign of things to come.


The first Redwing of the autumn was ringed yesterday.

This evening Sam, George and Alex went to Henllwyn to release a young Manx Shearwater that had managed to find its way into Cristin Withy this afternoon. Whilst sat on the beach a Merlin was seen hunting around the Narrows and flew within half a metre of us in pursuit of a Wheatear, quite a ridiculous experience!

Other sightings today include: three Common Scoters, five Mediterranean Gulls, a Wigeon and a Bar-tailed Godwit.

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