Saturday, 24 September 2022

Castlemartin Corse

At least 4 wheatears in the Starman's Hall area - short-winged individuals, definitely not from Greenland. A 1CY marsh harrier was being mobbed by corvids: slimmer than the one I saw the other day, almost certainly a male. The 2 remaining 1CY kestrels were hunting over Kilpaison Burrows, a long way away: one was being persistently mobbed by a rook, so much so that both had to take a breather on fence posts within a few feet of each other.  

In the reedbed: at least 3 Cetti's, several water rail squealing away, moorhen, 2 grey herons. Once again, large numbers of linnets at Gupton Farm, a rough count of the photo suggests 420 though they were constantly coming and going. 

Good to run into Corse regular Steve W for the first time. There are so few Corse regulars that, like snow leopards, we rarely meet up.