Saturday June 1st was spent in glorious sunshine visiting South Stack on Anglesey with two non-birding friends while our wives treated themselves to some retail therapy in Llandudno. We were based at Llanllechid on the Bangor side of the Menai Straits, and even here I recorded Redstart, Siskin and Redpoll in or over our friends' property.
To be honest, it was just nice to see the sea, and South Stack affords great maritime views.
Plenty of wild flowers on the cliffs.
And lots of seabirds.
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| Razorbills |
As well as lots of Guillemots and Razorbills, there were smaller numbers of Puffins, Fulmars, and Kittiwakes. The star resident is the Chough, and we saw about a dozen with the more numerous Jackdaws.
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| Chough |
There weren't too many small passerines about, but this Stonechat showed well on wires, its beak full of grubs.
All very pleasant and very different from my usual birding experiences. I haven't heard any news from Morton Bagot this weekend, although Matt Wilmott texted to report a Hobby over Haselor scrape on Sunday.
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