Bird
Notes columnist Julian Hughes of RSPB Cymru reveals what birds have been
spotted in the past week and lists some upcoming birding events
By
Andrew
Forgrave Rural Affairs Editor
23:40, 17
SEP 2018
Supporters
of Wales’ only nesting colony of Little Terns are celebrating another
successful breeding season under the watch of wardens from Denbighshire
County Council .
Despite
89 nests being lost to Storm Hector’s metre-high tidal surge in June, a record
171 pairs reared 192 young on the beach at Gronant .
Wardens
saved 27 nests from the waves by moving nests up the beach, and numbers were
boosted by influx of birds whose nests failed in Ireland, Cumbria and the Isle
of Man.
Every
year since 2014 each pair has fledged a chick, enough to grow the population,
making Gronant the second biggest Little Tern colony in Britain & Ireland.
Wardens
have witnessed some chicks refusing food, an indication of good supplies of
small fish offshore.
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