On the way to Mallard..........

Not in the hand.........does come to bread !! The Cardigan 2 year Ring-billed Gull
Some 2nd year plumage features showing well on this photo.
Meanwhile in the Mallard Run, a few Reed Buntings, Pied Wagtails, and a Swallow this evening....
some late acros in the morning ..........?

late sedgies at Mallard

This isn't a Sedge Warbler, a bit more important, a new Cetti's today, they seem a bit thin on the ground this year?

4 new Sedge Warblers this early morning, all no / very low fat scores.....where were our late Reed Warblers today?

Fat............

This little fat chap ! I retrapped 07:30 yesterday morning - 15 September.
He was ringed as a juvenile on the 13th August in the Mallard Run, by our guest at the time Richard Charles, with a fat score of 0, and a weight of 10.2g.
Yesterday (15/9), he had a fat score of 6.5 and a weight of 16.2g....and felt fat too!!
I must check, but it is rare for us to catch birds putting fat down whilst with us, we are very much a site for passage migrants, not a place for major refuelling........Was our recent poor weather the cause of his delay to move on?

Under a full moon..........

The day started with removing 3 x 60' nets from The Mallard Run..between the downpours etc.. The acro. numbers are diminishing....but 4 Sedge Warblers by 8am were a delight including a fat 6... weight 15.0g.
High tide nearly perfect for Patch..but the cloud went,and the moon shone bright !!
A few Dunlins, and 2 Common Sandpipers were a nice catch.

Mallard mud -- but no Aquatic !

We, well I, ... (Wendy currently ringing and working on Skokholm !)
....... had been enthused by the ringing on Saturday of an Aquatic in S. Devon...
Yesterday, Sunday morning back in the mud, and with 14 new Sedge Warblers, quite happy. This figure a new daily September high for us here. Also 3 new Reed Warblers.

Then over to Towyn, our small site in the scrub near the mouth of the estuary.
3 visits over the past week, small numbers of Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and a couple of Common Whitethroats & Goldcrests the highlights so far........!

Relatives on the beach

Juvenile Dunlins and Ringed Plovers are our usual catch, and 5 of each species tonight.
Tonight's other waders were more of a hand full !Whimbrel and Curlew, both juvenile..........

Megamouth pulls a stormie

We had successfully attracted and caught stormies with our "old sound system"...
Wendy's brother, Mike had been tasked to upgrade our largest sound system.
Not put off by the much delayed arrival due to events in Japan, we set up at Strumble with the newly arrived "Megamouth" last night. -- pictured with the lights of the Fishguard /Rosslare ferry in the background !! 23:20 success.......and we look forward to increased catches next year.