Excellent conditions for Viz Mig

Our day began bashing the area inland of Whitesands Bay. Nearby Treswny Moor, in a field occupied by horses, were 40 or more Wheatear, and close, by a rattling Lesser Whitethroat. Passing Treleddyn Farm Ponds, we put up a Green Sandpiper.

Returning to Pencarnan for lunch, we recorded a single Siskin and 2 flyover Redpolls. Now the weather closed in with heavy drizzle and poor visibility. From our caravan window we watched a large concentration of Swallows build up. Many Wheatears  also appeared in the hedgerows. Despite the discouraging conditions, we headed over to the cliffs above Porthseleau Beach. Here we were surprised to find a large gathering of many more Swallows, hawking above and close to a becalmed sea surface. Beyond flew a solitary Sandwich Tern.

And the sky cleared and the sun shone. And all the swallows departed  -  those above the sea and all those hawking over the fields. There was a total, and immediate, mass exodus.

Our afternoon continued with a walk around Trefeiddan Moor. During the following 90 minutes we did not record one hirundine though their presence was replaced by a zillion St Mark's Flies, and perhaps, predictably, the appearance of our first Spotted Flycatcher. Along the moor's perimeter we registered 5 reeling Grasshopper Warblers.

Our day ended, sat on deck, overlooking the bay with a glass (or 2) of red in hand listening to a Blackcap singing in "our" bush while the next wave of swallows began to assemble.