Beauty and the beast

After almost an entire spring carting luggage from the landing to the farm we have at last got our tractor back in action and the pictures below are proof that we are now fully mobile. The wheels had to be manually handled down the landing steps and then, worst of all, back again, see From suncream to waterproofs...

Beast

Beauty?

There were no boats today as there was northerly winds and even a weather warning from the coast guards. The weather was however fairly sunny and on a walk to count a gull colony a friend from Norfolk (Jamie Boulter) and myself managed to spot this lovely female Subalpine Warbler in the brambles and bluebells in South Stream.

Subalpine sunshine

Todays Highlights:
Big numbers of shearwaters offshore
Third confirmed Short-eared Owl nest
Swift 3
Sand Martin 1
Swallow100+
A movement of House Martins: c.300
Common Whitethroat 10
Subalpine Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 12
Willow Warbler 1
Spotted Flycatcher 3+

Eddie Stubbings, Skomer Warden