We had wonderful views yesterday of a juvenile Sabine’s Gull, dip feeding along the North coast of the Marloes peninsular, about a quarter of a mile east of Martin’s Haven. It only fed 100m-200m out, and kept to a pretty small area, sometimes sitting on the water for several minutes: a great way to see all the plumage details of a beautiful bird.
Elsewhere:
Bicton pond, currently a near-perfect scrape for waterbirds, had a Wood Sandpiper, 4 each Green Sandpipers and Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Snipe, and a Yellow Wagtail. Plus 20+ Teal, all in eclipse.
The post on the Blog yesterday about stranded Manxies was well timed. I found this one absolutely in the middle of the Fishguard Road, opposite Withybush Hospital, at about 1AM this morning. Safely boxed up, and released above Renny’s Slip 40 minutes later!
