Jays at Strumble Head

Yes to Richard Stonier's question, Jays have turned up at Strumble periodically in the autumn, usually in years when the local acorn crop failed. A more widespread crop failure in 1983 triggered a large scale passage across southern Britain in October and November which included 127 flying West past the Lookout on the 19th of October.

A couple of other points arising lately: in response to Richard Dobbins posting of 27 December, there is a previous record of a Little Egret at Llys y fran reservoir on the 2nd of January 1997. On the other hand have found no Black Guillemot records for the Gann Dave A, though there is an interesting record of one way up the Cleddau Estuary at Hook Quay on the 31st January 1971.