Not much to report on the birding front at the moment. A trek up Carnedd-y-Filiast in North Wales produced bugger-all apart from a swarm of flies, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. Nevertheless, it looks like prime upland habitat, so next spring I will return with expectations of Golden Plovers galore.Inner Marsh Farm was equally lukewarm yesterday, with only a juvenile Peregrine being of any interest. No sign of the Garganey, although I couldn’t really face another scan through the Teal.
The news is by no means all gloomy though. Despite the strong southerly winds putting wader migration on hold, a gale is predicted for the end of the week where some prime autumn seawatching could be had!
The conditions look classic with a strong south-westerly wind veering north-westerly. Fingers crossed, it could be a skua/petrel/shearwater fest by the end of the week - let’s hope the forecaster was not the individual responsible for predicting a ‘barbeque summer.’ I’m still waiting.
Until later.
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