Lapland bunting, Martin's Haven

A leisurely walk around the Marloes Peninsula to check the fields and bits of cover was hard work. A scan of a large gathering of Herring gulls in the fields near the mere turned up a dark mantle Argentatus-type before they all took flight. Lots of Skylark on the move with their chirrupy calls ever present this afternoon. Whilst checking out a very quiet Martins Haven a tiky-tik chew alerted me to a passing Lapland bunting as it headed south among the Skylark. A single Chiffchaff in Sashs garden. A young Peregrine treated me to a spectacular show as it hunted a mixed flock of 70 corvids. It flew through the feeding birds narrowly missing a rook and putting them into the air. The Jackdaws noisily gyrated as the peregrine powered up above them gaining height before plunging down on them. Back at the mere probably the same Peregrine was spooking the gulls. A solitary Goldcrest was out from Britton hide. See what tomorrow brings.