Strumble Head 18th October 2016.

Time: 07.30 - 13.00
Weather: Bright all through watch
Wind: NW 6/7

Brent Goose - 1 ( Pale Bellied )

Pintail - 2 ( females )

Shoveler - 5 ( 1 Male, 4 Female )

Common Scoter - 78 ( 67 Males )

Red Throated Diver - 1

Black Throated Diver - 1

Great Northern Diver - 1

Manx Shearwater - 20+

Cormorant - 11

Pomarine Skua - 2 ( 1 Pale, 1 Juv )

Arctic Skua - 16 ( 7 Pale, 6 Dark, 3 Juv )

Long Tailed Skua - 6 ( 4 Juv, 1 1st S, 1 2nd S )

Bonxie - 1

Mediterranean Gull - 11 ( 8 Adult, 3 1st W )

Little Gull - 8 ( 1 adult, 7 1st W )

Sandwich Tern - 1

Arctic Tern - 1 ( Juv )

Porpoises showing occasionally.

Another all 4 Skua day but there probably hasn't been another occasion where a total number of the amount today involved just one Bonxie.

Again a good number of Gannets approx. 700+, Auks were in the 10,000+ region & fairly low numbers of kittiwakes yesterday rose to 10,000+ today.

AR, CG, RHD & two visitors from Dinas Powys, South Wales.

Strumble Head 17th October 2016.

Time: 07.30 - 11.30
Weather: Ranging from Bright to Rain Showers
Wind: SW 5

Wigeon - 4
Common Scoter - 74 ( 64 Males )
Great Northern Diver - 1
Balearic Shearwater - 1
Manx Shearwater - 4
Pomarine Skua - 1 ( Pale )
Arctic Skua - 3 ( 2 Pale, 1 Dark )
Bonxie - 1
Mediterranean Gull - 2 ( Ad & 1st W )
Sabines Gull - 1 ( Juv )
Common Tern - 1

Gannets in excess of 500 today & the Auk movement of Gillies/Razorbills estimated at 7000+ in the watch.

Porpoise showing on & off.
A single Swallow in off the sea.

AR & RH Davies

A few birds from Strumbe

The porpoise action was very quiet the past few days so when the chance arose I captured a few of the birds in view. One surprise for me was the Woodpecker that landed on the handrail by the lookout. The Red Kite was captured from the roadside on my way back from Strumble.

Brambling

The garden at Llanychaer seems to be turning up the best birds at present with a Brambling today.
On Dinas Mountain the Golden Plover flock has increased to 30 very quite otherwise.

Yellow Browed Warbler and Lapland Bunting

A Yellow Browed Warbler was a nice turn up in the garden at Llanychaer.
A Lapland Bunting on Dinas Mountain early this morning,at the same location yesterday 19 Golden Plover and a single Wheatear.

Green Sandpiper

A Green Sandpiper on the pond at Llanychaer this morning,also a Humming bird hawkmoth in the garden yesterday.
On Dinas Mountain today two Wheatears.

Fieldfare

Quite an early Fieldfare feeding on hawthorn berries at Dinas Cross this morning.