Nice surprise from the bedroom window this morning, and no.135 for the Crabhall list, was a 2CY Marsh Harrier briefly causing mayhem before heading off NW up the valley towards Philbeach. It had orange wing tags (unread) so surely must be IL from Castlemartin / Marloes Mere. We had a Kestrel over yesterday, and a Peregrine was hunting over the Gann yesterday, so a good run of raptors.
This evening's gull roost contained an impressive 49 Mediterranean Gulls with a relatively high % of last year's offspring (29 adults, 5 3CY, 15 2CY). Earlier in the day the red-ringed 2CY Y168, which was first seen on Christmas Eve and now twice since. Managed to get a half decent photo, which is a tricky task at the Gann. This bird was ringed in Serbia, so will be the longest travelled of any Med Gull here, but we await the exact details.
We had a breeding plumaged Great-crested Grebe in the bay on 5th, our first record here since 25/5/2020. It has been an unusually lean winter for divers and grebes in Dale Roads. A pair of Shoveler put in an appearance yesterday (sparse here) and there were also 6 Shelduck too, at least 5 of them drakes.
