Tuesday, 25 February 2020

23rd February


Still very windy with frequent, nasty showers sweeping through; walked round Penmon Point in the morning, there was nothing too startling but there were loads of birds off the point with hundreds of Guillemots and Razorbills along with Kittiwakes, Shags, Red-throated Divers and blizzards of Herring Gulls starting to think about the upcoming breeding season, 4 Purple Sandpipers on the beach with Turnstone and the peculiar highlight of two Bullfinches coming in off, across the sea (separately, with about 20 minutes between them), they were only coming from Puffin Island but still, it was rough weather for a sea crossing, even a short one!   Two Chough in fields along the approach road were a year tick.

Turnstone coming in

Turnstone and Purple Sandpipers

Summer and winter Guillemot comparison

Guillemot and Razorbill comparison



Bullfinch in off (looking forward to some proper spring migration!)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

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