A summary of the last two weeks . In the bay and close to the
harbour Gannets been very active for many days. Some were diving around the
(empty) leisure moorings and sometimes in very shallow water. I counted 10 this
morning when checking up on my mother. A local chap who is interested and
observes all things marine thinks that the shoals of baitfish (probably the
young of herring) are in the tidal stream that circulates this area and the
almost total lack of boat movements is not disturbing the shoals or the
birds.
Up on the headland more swallows turning up, a grasshopper
warbler churring in hedgerow and another sighting again of a (or the) sedge
warbler at Ty Rhos pond. I hope this will stay- not seen one there in previous
years. The usual suspects- ravens, chough, stonechat, whitethroat, linnets,
goldfinch and the resident kestrel always around. I can see ‘lines’ of auks on
the water and can hear them on the ledges but have not broken the rules to go
and have a look (sadly).
Viv Evans