Friday 1 April 2016

Strumble stuff...



This mornings session produced a surprise in the form of a storm petrel being chased by a juv gull which it ducked and dodged and escaped pattering on the water a grand welcome back to Pembrokeshire and a nice find by Steve from Essex!  The pic' is sadly not of the one we saw today but one of several seen on a boat trip last June.
Several  Red Throated Divers in various plumage stages were seen on both the sea and flying by which were also a bit of a treat for Steve! added to the Merlin and Peregrine he saw before I arrived I think we have another convert to Strumbling!

Wdig Birder joined me for another session in the afternoon but with a bit less  reward although we did manage to add House Martin to complete my  Hirundine year list and with Sand Martin as well Adrian also had all three. A little gathering of both Yarelli and Alba wagtails in a field corner sheltering from the gales was a nice ending to the session...