What have you seen

I was at Bempton Weds, last week , not many about , the only one i saw was through a telescope a man kindly let lots of people have a view, just saw its face in the edge of the burrow, Lots of folks were saying the birds were on the nests in the burrows and to come back in a few days. Made a mental note to visit about 2 weeks later next time. But it was a lovely day and of lots of other seabirds. You may get more up to date info i wll keep a lookout on post.

Thanks H.  Saw lots of Puffins on Skomer last week but only saw 1 bringing in sand eels to feed a young one.

Sorry about the delay in replying but CT was down AGAIN yesterday when I tried to log in. Thanks for the info, BM. All my photos are stored on my laptop, on the HP standard package, I guess, so still not a lot wiser.

We saw a few last week on the crags at Duncansby Head and on the sea & flying past at St Johns Head, but it's a long way for you to go for the weekend!!

Op

there are loads of them check my last pics, they are mainly on the cliffs near the two right platforms. Difficult to see in flight, but once u spot one, they are all inclumps.

the pic of the puffin outside a crevice is nesting so i expect they may be near to hatching. Centre platform left side and nearest face.

booked in redlands in 10 days time for a trip to skomer then red kite later for a glimpse of osprey

good luck atbempton.

Thanks Blue.  Hope you have a great time at Skomer, we only saw 1 Puffin come in with sand eels, I guess by now there will be many more.  There are also 3 x Short Eared Owls on the Island, we saw 2 of them.  Only saw 1 Gannet and that was at sea fishing.  Red Kite was really good, in total between Lake Clywedog and the Osprey Project we saw 5 Osprey, no chicks though.  A couple of miles from Lake Clywedog there is a car park in the Hafren Forrest.  If you walk to Severn break its neck and stand on the little pedestrian bridge by some falls there are both Dippers and Grey Wagtails.

Directions - if you leave the car park back to the road and turn right after about 700 metres you come to, on the right, a large entrance where they are clearing trees, turn into this entrance and in couple of hundred yards you will come to a small footpath (on the right) that leads to the bridge.  We did park our car at the top of the junction but that was at the weekend when no work was going on.

PS in total we watch 9 Ospreys on the trip as we returned via Rutland where there were 2 x adults and 2 x chicks

Lovely to read and see pictures of all your wildlife sightings. We are off to Bempton as part of our holiday in a few weeks, hoping to see as many Puffins as we did a couple of years ago. 

Hope you have a good trip H&T

1 of the estimated 10 thousand Puffins at Skomer

Sorry OP

misread your previous post late last night, blurrey eyed and missed Pufflings. 

gannets nesting in full view with eggs 2weeks ago, guillimots had eggs as did razorbills.

There was a peregrine hunting close to the furthest platform on the left, visible perched on the left of platform.

What is the best way to see Skomer, are there any best places to go, and is it easy to get around? Don't want to miss any must see's. .

Blue, when you get off the boat the wardens meet you at the top of the steps and give you a briefing including what is where, you also get a map.  We did a circular walk and got just about everything although we didn't see the white Puffin.  The range of birds, fauna and flora is quite stunning.

We got the midday boat with a return boat of 5pm.  We turned up at  Lockley Lodge (visitor centre) at about 1030 am and there were still spaces on the midday boat, but they do sell out very quickly.  We wandered up to the coastguard lookout whilst waiting for the boat. There are toilets on the Island but no food our drink so you have to take your own.