Pencarnan Report

While birding around Point St John headland this afternoon we could have been fooled into believing it was mid-winter - there are no trees out there and, therefore, no leaves to inform us otherwise. 10c in a F5/6 was not friendly.

A flock of C120 Linnets, held up in passage, evidently agreed with us, and spent the day feeding in long grass, though two flocks of Collard Doves (9&11) flew in off The Sound making light work of the strong easterly.(flight too rapid to nail any possibilty of a Turtle Dove in close company).

An early morning count around the camp-site produced 3 Swifts, 8 Wheatears and 10 Redpoll Spp, and a passage of all the hirundines with Sand Martin the most common. (SM passage here at Pencarnan began 50 days ago on 19th march).

Later in the morning, over at Pen-cnwc, we found a flock of 11 Redpolls giving perched views and the satisfaction that it held both Lesser and Mealy .

On our arrival here at Pencarnan yesterday a Cuckoo sat and called beside the caravan next door, while a Spotted Flycatcher sallied from The Bush....(bush species now numbers 41). Maybe this wretched spring isn't so bad.