During a tawny owl / fox survey tonight, just 4 redwings called in 100 minutes of timed counts (= 2.4 per hour). Also, 6 tawny owls across 4 sites and no foxes!
Earlier, at Lisvane: 1 GBB gull among the lessers, 4 common gulls over heading S (first of the autumn here for me), 1 kingfisher, 15 little grebes, 8 GC grebes, 2 mute swans, 2 Canadas, 42 tufties, 5 coots and 20 mallards.
Llanishen: 1 jack snipe again watched feeding at dusk, 2 common snipe, 29 teal, 26 mallard and 1 little grebe.
Hi Rob – where was the Jack Snipe feeding please?
Hi John, looking across Llanishen reservoir from the path running behind Black Oak Road, the snipe(s) have been coming out of the vegetation at dusk and feeding on the wet soil around the small pools in the middle of the reservoir bowl. Its not a good view through the 2 layers of fencing and long-range -definitely need a scope!
Many thanks Rob