No need for any vitamin D supplements today, the sun has got his hat on he's coming out to play.I’m back at Cemlyn Lagoon tern colony with a friend, Rob, on one of his regular sojourns back up north.
The main island is busy with nesting Sandwich, Common and Arctic Terns and in the middle of the mêlée, melange, or call it what you will – after all, that is your right – is a first summer Mediterranean Gull and a handful of Dunlin.
The birds appear to be bringing back plenty of fish still, so fingers crossed for a successful breeding season - Peregrines, bruising Gulls and raiding Corvids notwithstanding.
Apparently, two Roseate Terns were present yesterday (28th), so I decide to have a quick scan through the birds. Heat haze aside, this is a tricky business as the terns are constantly ‘dreading’, the seemingly pointless and periodical taking to the air of the entire colony for no reason whatsoever! Why?
After an agreeable lunch at the sun-drenched Holyhead harbour we head for South Stack. The cliffs are covered in fog drifting in from the Irish Sea – Anglesey’s capricious weather strikes again!
The ledges are not visible, but some passing Chough provide temporary entertainment. Our patience is eventually rewarded when the mist begins to lift and the densely auk-packed ledges are again viewable. If anything, there appear to be even more Guillemot than two weeks ago with the Razorbills having been pushed even further to the periphery of the colony.
Until later.
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