There were fantastic numbers of terns in the high roost at Wernffrwd this evening. It was impossible to count them accurately because of the constant movement of birds into the roost and disturbance caused by a young Peregrine, but I estimated there were ~800 Common, ~50 Sandwich, 20+ Arctic, 23+ Little, 1 Roseate & 1 Black. Unfortunately I only had my macro lens with me, but holding it to the scope I did manage a shot of sorts of part of the Little Tern flock; good to see a high proportion of juveniles amongst these. With The Gull-billed Tern last month 2012 is turning out to be excellent for terns - a Caspian would be nice next...
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Barry - I'll swap you a Caspian for a Roseate and a Gull-billed....
Great to see some birds on the move at last but this summer it seems I am not destined to be able to get to Gower at the right time to see any of them!!
Considering the exposed nature of the location, distance involved and DIY digiscoping kit I reckon this is a very good effort. Plus it's full of Little Terns!
Black Tern and c20 Little Terns still from this location first thing. Smaller numbers of Common and Sandwich. Hopefully this evening will bring the Commons back in greater numbers.
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