Our big news this week is that at least two, and perhaps three, little ringed plovers are on the Deep Lagoon, and by their behaviour this morning, they're up for nesting here again. The exposed mud in front of Benarth or Carneddau Hide is the best place to look. This little wader, with its bright yellow eye ring, is a visitor from west Africa, so will they stay to breed? A few black-tailed godwits and dunlins have been among the curlews and redshanks roosting at high tide.
Other migrants are trickling through, including 30 white wagtails with a couple of wheatears on the estuary this morning, and more willow warblers and blackcaps singing as the week progressed. A whitethroat was reported on Thursday, and we had another osprey sighting on Easter Monday. The flocks of sand martins and swallows are getting larger, with a few more house martins among them. Some of the lapwings have settled down to nest, and we've seen robins and song thrushes carrying food this week.
The cool weather is making it hard-going for insects, but a few speckled woods have been flying on the sunny days. Let's hope we have a few more of them this week!
We still have places on next weekend's Birds for Beginners event, if you know someone who might be interested.
Julian HughesSite Manager, Conwy