For a bit of a change of scenery we headed up to Goodwick Harbour and Lower Town Fishguard Harbour this afternoon. Small numbers of mixed gulls included at least 6 Mediterranean Gulls (mixed ages). There was a likely different 2nd winter bird at Lower Town.The usual/expected waders included 25+ Oystercatchers, at least 14 Turnstones, 2 Redshanks and 2-3 Curlews.
A single adult Sandwich Tern flew in off the sea to rest on a one of the bouys in Goodwick Harbour.
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| Mostly Black-headed Gulls but several Mediterranean Gulls too |
Two Dippers were present feeding and resting along the Gwaun, just upstream from Lower Town - at a regular spot. One, a ringed male, was singing regularly. We wondered if he might have been the same ringed male that we observed just a short distance away upstream about a year ago.
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| Now you see me, then you don't! |
On the subject of Ring Ouzels, Chris Orsman emailed us yesterday about two (possibly the same birds observed there the previous day) that he saw at Trevallen on Saturday morning, plus a Dartford Warbler there.