Friday, 3 July 2020

Llyn Mynydd Gorddu

Another visit to Llyn Mynydd Gorddu yesterday, with the following to report -

Tufties - only five ducklings left now out of the original ten! Plus a pair of adults.
Coot - a pair present (ie they weren't trying to massacre each other.)
Little grebe - one family party with 3 tiny grebelings. At least one other bird present, probably a second pair.
Sedge Warbler - heard singing for this first time this year, and a Curlew flew over, calling.

A few days ago I visited the sand martin colony at Llyn Syfydrin. It is at 330 metres asl. 
At least five tunnels were being visited out of a total of about 50. A faecal sac was seen being removed from one tunnel. A maximum of ten birds was seen although that could have included juveniles.

At Pendam there was a common sandpiper and at Llyn Blaenmelindwr were four adult tufties.

Jerry Moore