Highlight of the morning was 25 (or so) Manx Shearwaters flying up the channel. First for the year at Lavernock. They were in 2’s or 3’s so a fairly steady flow over the 2 hours we were there (with Lol Middleton).

Also a family of blackcaps just fledging. 4 photos at
http://andyburnsphotography.zenfolio.com/passerines/h4a2ff54d#h4a2ff54d
Not the best of days to learn to fly with the 30mph wind coming in off the sea – at least they weren’t being blown off the cliff. Interesting that the ‘babies’ had very short tails (just visible in the photos). That surely can not help in their efforts to fly. I think they all survived!

A Peregrine was also quite active. Shot at
http://andyburnsphotography.zenfolio.com/raptors/h691fde87#h4a2ff5a7