It was interesting to read about Jerry Moore's experiences of Manx
Shearwaters flying around Wallog at night. My wife and I lived in the same
stable cottage for a year in 1987/8 and I recall Peter Davies the county bird
recorder pointing out the previous manxie records in correspondence. We also
heard them at night but likewise never confirmed any nesting.
Wallog was
nevertheless an interesting place and from the upstairs window of the cottage we
did once spot a Little Auk close to shore after a particularly stormy night. The
cobble bank of Wallog Sarn (a glacial Esker) that extends out into Cardigan Bay
was also a popular feeding spot for some of the hundreds of Red Throated Divers
and Great Crested Grebes that wintered in the area in the 1980’s.
Stephen Forster