As an alternative to my seasonal activity of Kite monitoring I decided this morning to go for a coastal walk before too many 'grockles' arrived for the bank holiday. The cliff path from Clarach to Wallog generally has a variety of birds at this time of year - but not today! A smattering of the usual gulls, a few corvids on the fields inland and a pair of choughs. Conspicuous by their absence - Stonechats and Wheatear. At this time of year virtually every clump of gorse would, in past years, have its resident pair - but not a bird today - where have they gone?
Out to sea a lone Gannet fishing and a couple of Cormorants. Back to Clarach just as the rain arrived - a few more birds back on the beach - 8 Oystercatchers and a Whimbrel around the river mouth.