Well, we have spent the whole weekend with Derek and I can honestly say I’ve had more Phalacrocorax aristotelis’ this weekend than I’ve had in the whole time I’ve been bird watching I think :-) We must have had over 200 of them! Well done Derek; you have worked hard! I had another three life ticks today; two of which were with Derek and are Black-Necked Grebe and Cirl Bunting and one, which we decided to look for on the way home at Dozmary Pool, namely the Lesser Scaup. The light was fading fast as we arrived at Dozmary, but I managed to find it quite quickly. I hope it stays around for another visit.

The day list was 72, which I am more than pleased with as my highest is 74 and if I had been able to add a few more wildfowl and a Coot or even the Firecrest and Goldcrest in the garden before I left home this morning, I could have set the record higher, but I mustn’t be greedy! We had great close up views of Loons, Grebes/Seabirds and the Cirl Bunting was a special moment. Also had a very good view of a Peregrine Falcon, which was posing on a ledge.

THANKS again Derek. I do feel I have learnt an awful lot this weekend. Time to do some work now!
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Cirl Bunting (Female)
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Peregrine Falcon
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Red-Breasted Merganser
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Great-Northern Diver
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Red-Breasted Merganser
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Robin...

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