Thursday, 29 January 2026

Starling roost at Ynyslas

 With Dave and Sue Purdon yesterday afternoon to Cors Fochno to watch for harriers.   coming in to roost .  We tried a different viewpoint  - at the furthest end of the circular boardwalk near Ty Mawr - access from NRW's car park.   It was actually quite disappointing,  only one bird was seen which looked like a dark marsh harrier,  which came over from the east,  circled in a wide arc towards Borth and then returned inland and disappeared.   We were distracted by a large flock of starlings - probably roughly 8000 strong  which "murmurated " ( I hate that word ) above an area of the bog east of the railway line and above the River Leri.   As a viewpoint for watching the harrier roost it was not great as you tend to be looking into the sunset from there. 

Jerry Moore