Choughs on the headland have formed a group of 16, possibly
more. At least three are ringed. They include the old female of 15years that was
ringed at a nest site on Cilan head North Wales. Also present is one ringed at
Mwnt in 2019. A third ringed bird may be from a Lochtyn site but I need to
confirm this. These have been reported previously on the blog. Today after
watching the choughs fly by, a peregrine appeared doing mock stoops on a Raven.
I see this quite regularly and the ravens never seem perturbed- they seem to
enjoy the ‘play’.
Just before the storm I was on the boat in the outer mooring
area and counted 29 meds on the water close by all adults in autumn plumage.
There were also 30 + sandwich terns some of them resting in rows on the tenders
tied up to the moorings.
Viv Evans