Friday, 8 May 2015

Pomarine Skua and other sightings

Aberystwyth Sewatch:
1 Pomarine Skua, 1 (dark-phase) Arctic Skua, 4 Gannet, 25 Manx Shearwater, 44 Common Scoter.

Ynyslas:
Huge passage of approx 1500+ Swallows all flying north, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Sanderling (summer plumaged), 200+ Knot, 60+ Whimbrel ( large flocks in fields), 1 Guillemot and Red-throated Diver offshore in estuary at high tide.
1 Common Tern was the only tern present!!!

6 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler in scrub near the Caravans. 

Brendan Sheils