Martin Bevan and myself spent a few hours around the Porthcawl area this morning.
First port of call was a walk down to Sker which initially seemed disppointing as the tide was very high and there were not many rocks showing. However a short walk east turned up 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 26 Curlew also Oystercatchers and Turnstones.
Next we drove over to Porthcawl and in particular the rocks near the Victoria Avenue junction. This was particulary good as we found 10 more Purple Sandpipers and 7 Med. Gulls two in summer plumage.
First port of call was a walk down to Sker which initially seemed disppointing as the tide was very high and there were not many rocks showing. However a short walk east turned up 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 26 Curlew also Oystercatchers and Turnstones.
Next we drove over to Porthcawl and in particular the rocks near the Victoria Avenue junction. This was particulary good as we found 10 more Purple Sandpipers and 7 Med. Gulls two in summer plumage.
Pant Norton was next on the list where we hoped to get Yellowhammers. A walk to the top produced nothing but on the walk back near the bottom we struck lucky when 5 flew in.
A good day's birding, Martin picking up 4 year ticks and I had 5 bringing me up to 141.
A good day's birding, Martin picking up 4 year ticks and I had 5 bringing me up to 141.
Nice write up phil and to get a couple more for the list .
ReplyDeleteI got the News back on this Med Gull E817 and it was rung in Antwerpen Province Antwerpen Belgium on the 1 JUNE 2012 and in the same year it was seen by Alun Hugues on the 2 September at the same site me and phil so it at Victoria Avenue Porthcawl and up and till 2015 it sames to be wintering in South Wales and Summering in Belgium and in total it,s been seen in south wales Fourteen times and as been reported this year already in porthcawl and it was seen by Nicholas Beswick on the 4 February.
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