Sunday evening Pizza and sea shanty singing at the Penrallt Hotel high above the village of Aberporth was disturbed by a flypast Peregrine carrying a large lump of prey pursued by a posse of the Hotel House Martins. Screeching Pere and angry twittering drowned out the human songsters!
Down on the cliffs Silke and I can now report 3 fledgling Oystercatchers from 4 nesting pairs with one pair succeeding after losing the chick from the first ill placed nest. It has been fascinating to watch these birds for 4 seasons and see them learn from their mistakes to become assiduous parents.
Its also been heart warming to meet other people (i.e. non birdwatchers) on the coast path who have been watching the progress of gull nesting and the oystercatcher chicks plus the excitement of one young lad on learning that the two crows with red beaks were actually our local speciality Chough.