Greenish Warbler at the Weekend on Bardsey

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Photos and comments on this weekends warbler. Any comments on the birds racial ID would be welcomed. I did not see the bird, being stuck in a meeting all day Saturday, but i did think the bird showed several features that pointed towards Green warbler. Others have also commented the same, so any comments in favour or against would be welcomed at this stage

Little Owls in Conwy

Having just checked out a report of Little Owls down the Conwy Valley I finally saw one and have put up a couple of boxes for next year.  Great to have them in Conwy! If you know of any more sites locally I don't mind supplying boxes- they really make the monitoring much easier. 


They don't seem to have done too well during the last decade in central north wales but its great to know they're still holding on.
Rob

Birding is a good Hobby on the Clwyd.

Cracking few hours birding on the River Clwyd between Rhuddlan and Rhyl today. Pride of place went to a superb adult Hobby hunting over the Old Tip and along the river, being mobbed by hirundines.
A 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull looked very smart with it's full black hood, while 350+ Sandwhich Terns were making a right racket.
Waders are slowly starting to move with 11 summer plumaged Blacked taield Godwits, a Greenshanks and 2 Common Sandpipers along the river.
Wildfowl was represented by 5 Goosander and 3 Teal.

Anglesey RCS

The Rose Couloured Starling near Valley was there from the 18th to the 24th June. On the 25th June it or another was seen briefly in a garden in Bodffordd near Llangefni.

Puffin Island Spectacular

A few snaps from a trip out to Puffin Island today, my second time but still fantastic! The sights, sounds and smells made it a real experience.

The main reason for the visit was to survey and ring gulls as part of an RSPB project. A big thanks to Rob for arranging for me to be able to tag along.

Here's the first gull ringed on the day, I believe over 150 ringed in total. It may be cute now but will soon be thieving your fish and chips at a seaside town near you!

While I did help a bit with some gull bagging, I was there for a bit of indulgence with my trusty Canon. A few of my better snaps as follows:

More photos here if you fancy a look http://www.flickr.com/photos/petewood1981/

PGP at Cley

Its great when you book a night away and the day before you go a mega turns up 2 miles from where you're going to be staying.  Even better when its still there when you get there.  A brisk walk round to the north scrape at Cley saw the Plover a good range.  Only phone-scoped as 'someone' has dropped my compact!


I knew it was there but I hadn't realised it was going to be s/p so that was a nice surprise.  Started panicking tho because I hadn't swotted up the subtle differences!  Last one I saw was in Cairns in winter plumage in 2008!

 One of several Spotted Redshank at Titchwell where there were also several Little Gull and 2 Green Sand. Phone-scoped.

Rob

Rhiw Quail

Had a new garden tick tonight when I heard a blast of Quail song at dusk. Bird was calling from direction of cereal fields near Ty Croes Bach -  approx grid ref SH 221279.