Goshawk

A juv Goshawk flew over at Llanychaer this afternoon being pursued by several Carrion Crows and Jackdaws.

Another Strumble Surprise

A surprise, well for me anyway. What I first thought was an approaching Bonxie turned out to be a juvenile  Hen Harrier out over the tide race. Several strings of Scoter mostly females and a few Wigeon. A resting Kestrel completed a good morning for birds but a poor one for the porpoise that I was hoping to get.

Maesgwynne Valley 25th October.

A casual glance out of the window at approx. 16.20 & I noticed a flock of Chaffinches going through, then another, then another. For roughly the next hour I watched a procession of flocks fly Southwest up the Valley with flocks of certainly over 100, one in the 200 range. My last 5 minute count was 217 birds & I estimate the total to have passed through, excluding flocks that flew behind the row of cottages to be in the region of 1700 to 2000 probably more. From the birds not in silhouette I didn't pick out a Brambling & didn't hear one call either, some of the flocks were quite vocal. Best pics I could get below.

  

Whooper Swans

2 Whooper Swans flew over at Cwm yr Eglwys this morning heading in a generally northerly direction.

Snow Bunting Treat

A trip to the outer breakwater this morning with Cliff brought us in sight of this little beauty happily feeding away on seed heads around the grass tufts. We watched it for a while before heading off to find porpoise. It was beautiful in flight but no images of that I'm afraid.

Porpoise with small calf

A late entry from Friday 21 Oct: a sparrowhawk flying towards us on the road between Tresinwen and the Head; and at the Head a porpoise with a small calf showing well in the outgoing tiderace around 1600hrs. There were several robins ticking away in the scrub around the car park. Otherwise, very quiet.

Visual migration

A few things moving over head at Pen Anglas this morning, 8. Fieldfare,several Blackbirds and Song Thrushes, 50 +Chaffinch,200+Starlings,30 Skylark,2 ReedBunting a single Redpoll,the most surprising thing was a Great Northern Diver flying fairly low over land.
Several Redwing present at Llanychaer.