Flagpoles 30th December.

After a look on the Outer Breakwater proved fruitless except for the very distant feeding flocks as mentioned in the earlier post the Flagpoles in comparison was quite eventful.The two Kingfishers still present & the gull roost gathering fairly close in by the river outfall. Eventually as the light began to fail one of the largest roosts I have seen there, especially on the Flagpoles side contained in with the hundreds of Black Headed at least 3 Adult & 2 1st winter Med. Gulls. Earlier on a Little Egret came in but did not stay very long.

Feeding frenzies off Strumble...

In what seems to be pretty much an annual winter occurrence, there were literally thousands of feeding sea birds off Strumble all the way to Fishguard Harbour. Mainly a mixture of Kitti's BHG's and the larger gull species with some auks,  creating separate feeding groups spread  over two or three miles. I would really love to know what they are feeding on presumably something quite small...

Pwllderi

A sheep carcase attracted 23 Ravens,a Buzzard,a Fox which looked fantastic in the winter sun,there were several Carrion Crows and Magpies and a couple of Great Black-backed Gulls also making use of the easy meal.
The only other birds of note were 21 Teal on the irrigation pond.

Jack Snipe

A single Jack Snipe ,several Common Snipe and around 25 Golden Plover on Dinas Mountain this morning.

Flagpoles 14.00 28th Dec.

Two Kingfishers flying along the rocks on the Eastern side was the highlight. Also an interesting looking gull which i saw first the other day but more distant. First thought it was a 2cy Med but i didn't think the wing pattern was right so opted for Black Headed. Now with the close view i'm sure there has to be Med in there somewhere, 100% though I'm not sure. Couldn't get it to fly today unfortunately.

Golden Plover

A large flockof 150+ Golden Plover on Dinas Mountain this morning, also around 20 Fieldfare were present.

Merry Xmas - Strumble Roll Call 2014

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all who visited both the lookout & the blog in 2014.


Many Thanks to all who passed on the information from their Seawatches , from those on the list of the main contributors to many others including :




Chris Grayell
Richard Davies
Red Liford
Paul Grennard
Peter Murray
Simon Murray
Clive Jones
David Astins
Wendy James
Chris Jones
Elfyn Pugh
Brian Gibbs
Paul Mahiques
Mervyn Jones
John Faithfull
Ceri Jones
Mark Hipkin


& many others whose names I don't know.


Here's to a successful 2015.