Friday 27 October 2023

Llys-y-fran

Another look at the Ring ouzels before a visit to Llys-y-fran this afternoon. 7-8 Ring ouzels same location as yesterday though they were often out of sight over the brow of the quarry top. Paul and I could only see 3-4 until some nearby shooting flushed 7-8 birds. Looked to be 2 adult male, 2 adult female and 3-4 1st w. 

We met up with Martin C at a deserted Llys-y-fran with very few gulls present on our arrival around 4pm and only 750 LBBs at 5:30. Best we could do were 4 Yellow-legged gulls (3adult, and a 2nd W), 6 Common gull and a single 1w Mediterranean gull. Eventually more gulls began to drift down including c100 BH gulls, 50 Herring gull and the pair of adult GBBs are back to cause some mischief. Otherwise 2 GC grebe, 2 Little grebe and a Little egret before a heavy downpour put an end to the visit.