{"id":244,"date":"2022-03-12T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lpyc.org.uk\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2022-03-12T12:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:44:35","slug":"birds-of-pensarn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lpyc.org.uk\/?page_id=244","title":{"rendered":"Birds of Pensarn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mochras Lagoon is situated at Latitude 52.50N Longitude 04.06W and is in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) called Pen Llyn a’r Sarnau. Basking sharks have been seen off the coast, as well as a large number of dolphins around Sarn Badrig. A Leather Backed Turtle was seen by several members just off Llandanwg beach in July 2008. As well as the birds listed below, a pair of Ospreys have nested successfully for several years, and raised 2 or 3 young each year, only 10 miles away at Llanfrothan.

A blustery bright day on Llandanwg beach mid Sept 2011, immediately following Hurricane Katya \u2013 which diverted at us when it should have hit New York. A smart looking gull was seen a bit like a kittiwake. A small gull, very fine looking, quite a flyer, with sharp long wings. Pronounced white patch on its upper wings, and the tail had a black lined triangle cut out at the stern. Blacker than a kittiwake, which I\u2019ve only seen off-shore.
It was identified from on-line reference material as a Sabines gull, a graceful small bird which can sometimes be seen here in the autumn. This was a juvenile which had probably been caught up in the hurricane and got a swift lift across the Atlantic on its way from North America, where it breeds, via Europe to its wintering grounds in Southern Africa.
It flew around apparently a little bewildered, but hopefully fed in the lagoon before starting off again down south.
I\u2019ve noted quite a range of birds over the past three years.
Many are striking, but notably the Peregrine falcon, the fastest bird on earth, which dives on its prey at 110 mph. All I experienced was a sudden sound as of a
small jet engine, or of fine cloth being violently ripped. A quick shadow, and
the predator was gone. Its prey, a swift, happily got away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wigeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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White Fronted Goose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wheatear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Velvet Scoter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Swift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Swallow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stone Chat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Starling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sparrowhawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Skylark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shelduck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sandwich Tern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sanderling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ringed Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Redshank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red Kite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Phalarope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Peregrine Falcon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oyster Catcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Osprey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mute Swan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mallard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kittiwake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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House Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Herring Gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grey Wagtail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dunlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Common Gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black-backed Gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bartailed Godwit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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