Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Hols in Wales
I am off to North Wales (Llyen peninsular) at the weekend on my hols. Whilst I am familiar with the specialist entomology and botany I will find in the area I am not too familiar with the tweeters. I have seen and expect to see Raven, Buzzard, Peregrine and Chough on my walks but are there are other specialities of the area or likely to be in the area at this time of year I should look out for ? We walked round the end of the peninsular last year near to Bardsey Island and counted at least 200 Choughs in a stubble field feeding their newly fledged young, a truly spectacular sight.
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manx shearwaters and maybe storm petrels if your lucky
Thanks Darrell, though looking at the weather forecast for the aea for the next few days, the Storm Petrel might be the top species:-))
Was intrigued to hear many calls of what could only have been Long Eared Owls (adults,)last August in woods behind Hells Mouth Bay campsite.
Fantastic Milky Way skies when the clouds cleared at night. Was shown how to find the Andromeda galaxy.
Amazing, an impossible-to-focus little smudge among the other bright stars.
Best sightings though were of Hummingbird Hawk Moths in the sunshine.
I could watch them for ages.
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