I did a circuit yesterday (13th) up behind the
house an also checked the Bird’s Rock ledges . I came across an adult Chough
feeding two healthy looking young. I took a couple of images and quickly
retreated so as not to disturb. Further along there was a group of four in
flight and I presume these were a different family group. Images I took of the
flying birds included a juvenile. (Sighting reported to the chough ringing
group).
The ledges I could see are thick with auks mostly guillemot
with a few razorbills (and guano). Cropping in on images show some young birds
present.
Also seen - shags, cormorant, fulmars, kittiwakes, herring
and GBB gulls and a close in gannet. Around the hedgerows stonechat, whitethroat
and linnets.
Viv Evans