Evening to dark; Thurs
Med Gull 281 counted (most offshore resting on sea from 1925. Other smaller flocks loafing on shore along coast north.)
Common Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 1.
Sandwich Tern adult & juvenile on shore. Eventually flew off , with
purpose, at dusk in Lleyn direction.
Curlew 5. Oystercatcher 24.
After dark a flock of Turnstone were heard (perhaps the 10 we've recently
encountered) and also 1 Common Sandpiper.
Late posting Dihewyd area: Redstart around garden 31.8 & a
male Sparrowhawk (1st seen here. Maybe the Goshawks scare them away!)
Tawny Owls and Red Kite
very active visible & vocal at the moment. The Red Kites loving the silage
cutting.
(1.9 driving back along road from Llanarth to Mydroilyn, brilliant but
brief views of a Polecat along the road edge in full beams. Unfazed, it
moved into the long grass below a hedge bank and vanished. The only previous one
we'd seen was a roadkill in late April, on road from Ystrad Aeron to
Lampeter.)
Phil Baber & Pam Buckle