Friday 08 April 16
Aberarth to Graig
Ddu
Plenty of kites (at least 12) working the
ridge along with a few buzzards and one peregrine. Always great to see a
peregrine and it is almost 100% reliable at Graig Ddu now. Also ravens, four
chough, great black backed gulls, herring gulls, cormorant, goldfinch and
stonechat. No swallows, martins or wheatears.
Saturday 09 April
16
Cross Inn
forest
After at least 6 fruitless visits to
Cross Inn to see the shrike, I finally got to see it today. I met Tony Cross at
the forest who had watched it for most of the morning at the T junction only
for it to fly off as I arrived. Fortunately it did pop up in the cleared area to
the NE of the T junction later in the afternoon perching high on the trees there
in the middle of the clearing. Such a stunning bird with its Zorro mask. Also
stonechat, pipit, buzzard, raven, jay and
magpie.