I was walking past Bird’s Rock two days ago (5th)
and found that the auks were on one of their temporary visits. The razorbills
were mainly on the water and the guillemots on the ledges. On a ledge opposite
the landward side of Carreg Draenog the guillemots were packed tightly. There
were around 50 birds visible with their heads towards the cliff face. The birds
nearest the cliff were lying flat beak to tail and packed together like sardines
in a tin so that the white under plumage was not visible. Is this normal
behaviour?