Apart
from a brief shower in the morning, the day was simply gorgeous leaving behind
a stunning sunset too. Some top drawer birds were to be found as well. A female
Shoveller watched flying out of
Henllwyn late morning was just the 25th record for the island, with the last
records coming in 2013. Similarly, a Black-throated
Diver flying past the South End in the early hours is a good sighting of
this barely annual species. To cap it off a Turtle Dove (or possibly two) put in a multitude of appearances
from Plas to Pen Cristin.
A bit of
hirundine movement totalled 180 Swallows,
56 House Martins and out highest count of Swifts this year, with 12 seen. Warbler numbers remained low as
with ten Sedge Warblers, four Whitethroats,
one Blackcap, five Chiffchaffs, and one Willow Warbler present though 17 Spotted
Flycatchers were a nice increase.
Also around were one Grey Heron, eight Common Scoters, two Kestrels, 19 Turnstones, one Grey Wagtail, one Hooded Crow, and eight Lesser Redpolls. Of note were 47 Green-veined
Whites being the biggest count this year, it won’t be long before these are
in their hundreds across the Lowland fields.
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