Tuesday, 6 August 2019

The Teifi

On Saturday, 3rd August at 1pm there was a group of 12 Sandwich Terns on the mud in front of the Webley Hotel at St Dogmaels, including 3 ringed birds, one with a metal ring only, one with an orange colour ring and metal ring which was too far away to read, and one with a white colour ring we have been able to identify with the help of Tony Murray from the Irish ringing scheme (many thanks for a super fast reply).
 
Tony identified the bird (W-KFH) as one of theirs from 2015 at Lady's Island Lake. Here are the details of prior sightings:
KFH DE01973 6/17/2015 Sgarbheen, Lady's Island Lake, Wexford
KFH DE01973 7/23/2017 Dawlish Warren, Devon, England
KFH DE01973 7/24/2017 Dawlish Warren, Devon, England
 
 At 4pm on Sunday seen from the Swallowboats yard at Gwbert were 6 Black Tailed Godwits and 6 Little Egrets, with a Peregrine hunting overhead. Earlier that afternoon, a group of 17 Mute Swans provided a great sight in the sunshine on the glittering water.
 
 (Silke Einschuetz & Liz Snell)