Friday 18 May 2018

Nightjars at Cors Fochno

I met Chris Forster- Brown on the track on the edge of Llancynfelyn common last night on the hunt for Nightjar. Chris told me that he had one churring at the Taliesin end of the bog last year, making at least four territories on Fochno in 2017.
Walking around the boardwalk circuit I had a male churring close to the path on the seaward side of the circuit and a second not far to the west below Ty Hunt,  where a female replied briefly. The churring started around 9.35pm but the birds soon went quiet.

If anyone wants to help with recording Nightjar territories around Cors Fochno over the next month or so please get in contact: Michael.Bailey@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Mike Bailey