Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Strong eastly wind saw a Lapland Bunting feeding on the Narrows with seven Lapwings. The Hen Harrier was still around the Wetlands with a total three Merlins. Out to sea, two Red-throated Divers, 25 Wigeons and 23 Common Scoters passed with two Wigeons on the Narrows and a Red-breasted Merganser in Solfach.

Lapland Bunting © Ed Betteridge
Lapland Bunting © Ed Betteridge

A trip out dazzling after dark produced a good catch of 12 Turnstones, seven Oystercatchers, a Snipe, a Redshank, a Teal, a Moorhen and the first ever Wigeon to be ringed on Bardsey! Also seen was a Long-eared and Short-eared Owl

Wigeon © Ed Betteridge

Teal © Ed Betteridge

Other birds today included two Grey Herons, a Whimbrel, six Purple Sandpipers, two Dunlins, six Mediternean Gulls, 29 Black-headed Gulls, 30 Common Gulls, a 'Commic' Tern, a Stock Dove, two Skylarks, 14 Blackbirds, 77 Redwings, three Song Thrushes, a Blackcap, nine Chiffchaffs, 29 Goldcrests, four Long-tailed Tits, five Great Tits, 62 Starlings, 19 Chaffinches, a Greenfinch, ten Siskins, five Goldfinches and a Lesser Redpoll

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