Freezing Weather

Brings in the birds, the search for food is a must.

 

Black Redstart

Black Redstart at Edern, perched on the church.  Its a female.
23/24th November 2016

 

Chiffchaffs

Chaffchaffs are still in my garden and singing.  They have choosen the Hawthorn trees where there are lots of leaves and berries that have insects and little spiders around them.

CATCHING UP WITH SUMMER 2016

Lots going on in my little wildlife field now that the Rowen saplings have grown a bit.  The Alders have reached a good height. Very glad that all the trees and shrubs got growing again after they were all vandalised in 2010.
Sheep Sorell when seeded has to be the Goldfinches favourite feed. Very lucky to have breeding Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs and Common Whitethroats to join all the usual birds, Wren, Blue and Great Tits etc.

  
 

My favourite birds

Choughs, Grey Wagtails 

 

BRAMBLING

A stunning Brambling mixing in with a flock of Chaffinches was feeding on my drive.  The date was 20the Dec. Sadly no photo.

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER

A Great Northern Diver arrived in the bay of Morfa Nefyn, it swam along the shoreline as close as 20feet from the beach.  I saw it with an orange crab which isjust crunched in its beak and swallowed it.  The beak looks long and strong, it swam a good distance before breaking the surface.  Two Great Crested Grebe's were also very close to the beach and could swim below the surface for a good distance.
The sea was calm for once and the rain has eased but the cloud was heavy and very dull.