Monday, 28 July 2025

Llansantffraed; the young and the old.

 250 Carrion Crows were in the stubble. Just a few Med Gulls about. The cute but oblivious juvenile Oystercatcher nearly fell to a juvenile Peregrine zooming along the shoreline but the falcon was harried off by nearby adults. Rather wonderfully, the long time returning leucistic Oystercatcher was present. I saw it on August 5th last year but I think this is the earliest I've ever seen it. I believe it was first noted in August 2005. So twenty years at least. I've read that Scandinavian birds do not usually arrive here until the autumn. So maybe it is a UK bird since it appears so early?