Sunday 31 March 2019

Terns on the Teifi

A good look around the Teifi this morning by several birders, 3 Sandwich Terns came in to feed and roost on Patch as the tide dropped. Otherwise little new - Willow Warblers singing from a couple of places and the usual set of waders. 1 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Dunlin, 15 Ringed Plover the best. The good looking pair of  Red-breasted Mergansers were up river from the railings and at least 1 Goosander remains on the river near the gorge.
Hirundines...large passage of Sand Martins and gatherings in the evening, this photo from last Saturday - could have been taken last night too, when 150+ Sand Martins and a few Swallows were over Mallard Pond and the marsh.


(photo Colin Dalton)