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Bardsey Island 1st July

Bardsey Island 

Amazing day on Bardsey Island after catching the 10.30am ferry from Porth Meudwy.
The weather was simply glorious. Plenty of birds, butterflies and other wildlife to see including close views of the Grey Seal colony on the island. Spent most of the time in the island filming the Grey Seals at Sol Fach beach etc rather than taking photographs though. The population of Puffins on the island is doing really well with numbers increasing considerably over the last few years and they were fare more noticeable in terms of numbers on this occasion.

List for the day:


Oystercatcher
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Herring Gull
Kittiwake
Gannet
Manx Shearwater
Guillimot
Fulmar
Puffin

Rock Pipit
Meadow Pipit 

Linnet
Goldfinch
Pied Wagtail
Stonechat
Wheatear
Skylark
Jackdaw
Chough
Buzzard
Peregrine Falcon
Grey Seals 20+





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