A
brief trip to both late on today. At Marloes, a couple of gadwall, a
fine view of a merlin repeatedly climbing and stooping on a finch sized
bird that got away after a tense couple of minutes. The merlin then sat
on the northern hide roof looking for its next target. As I came away a
very dark raptor with long wings drifted south towards the coast and out
of sight. I suspect it was a marsh harrier but, although I was looking
for signs to confirm this I could see no lighter tone on head, the wings
were not held in the typical harrier V and there was a hint of a
concave shape to the tail. I'll stick with marsh harrier but if a black
kite turns up in the near future it may have been this bird.
A very brief look at the Gann - very quiet; one goldeneye on the ponds, a guillemot and three great crested grebe in the bay.
(David O)