It's all go at the moment with our seal pups. We are well over the 100 mark now on our monitored sites with 40 visible on our longest beach, Aber Mawr. One cheeky individual decided to beach himself on our landing steps today! He refused to move when the boat came in so our visitors had to cautiously walk past him while we stood guard to make sure he didn't lunge at them! He was hissing and snarling and shattered the illusion many had of the "cute" white seal pup! He was recently weaned and fully independent so was not reliant on the cow anymore. As I type this the tide is rising and he will soon be washed off the steps and back in his natural environment!
The settled spell of weather continues and we have seen a slow trickle of migrants over the past few days. Willow warblers, chiffchaffs and blackcaps have moved through, as has a common sandpiper, golden plover and a little egret. The purple sandpiper roost is now up to 17. Swallow movement is well underway with the spectacular sight of at least 11,000 streaming through during the course of the morning on 11th, with at least 6,000 the next day.