The pleasures of BBSing ......

Over the last two days we have done our two BBS squares and it has been real pleasure - fantastic weather and deafening birdsong. Sedge Warblers seemed in short supply but there were good numbers of the other warblers.

The highlight had to be a female Merlin and a Skylark in an aerial dogfight over St Brides beach. The Skylark dodged and twisted, singing all the while - the Merlin was faster but not so manouverable. Both last seen diving to the ground in the grassy field round the castle - outcome unfortunately not known but I suspect it may be bad news for the Skylark.

Does this mean that there are nesting Merlins around here - there have been a lot of sightings recently e.g. over Marloes Mere?

Rosemary