11.50am. A wryneck was in bushes on the south-facing seaward side of Trwyn y Witch (SS886726). Presumably the same bird seen recently at nearby Dunraven.
11.50am. A wryneck was in bushes on the south-facing seaward side of Trwyn y Witch (SS886726). Presumably the same bird seen recently at nearby Dunraven.
Glamorgan Bird Club 
Nice find, caught up with it at about 3pm as it dived into thick cover. I guess the chances are it is the same bird as the recent one around the approach road, but Trywyn y Witch is about 600m away across the bay, so who knows?
It’d be nice if it was a different bird! I checked the location of the first bird—without any luck—before going to Trwyn y Witch. As you say, who knows? Glad you managed to find it again though.
Thanks Dylan, had a couple of searches yesterday and Saturday! Will try again !
You know, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this was a ‘new’ bird. The original bird was present for five days, always in the same area. It was last seen on Thursday, seemingly disappearing after a cooler starry night. Three days later this bird is found a fair distance away the other side of the bay. I guess we won’t ever know either way, but I don’t think we should just casually assume these are the same individuals.
I’ll happily agree with your suggestion Paul! The bird I saw stayed in thick cover in the thorny scrub on the steep slope down to the sea. That contrasts with the behaviour of the Dunraven bird that was happy feeding in the open above the road as cars went past (judging by the accounts posted here). I don’t know if that’s significant—I’ve no experience of wrynecks as this was the first I’ve ever seen. So I’ll settle for having seen it at all! (As a PS, here’s an accound of a wryneck in Cathays Park in 1868 [scroll to bottom of page]. It was known to locals as ‘cuckoo’s fool’: http://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3095899/3095904/39/wryneck%20AND%20cathays)