On Monday the first chicks
fledged at the only Little Tern colony in Wales, from the few
nests that survived Storm Hector in mid June.
Prof David Norman, who has ringed
the chicks at Gronant beach
for decades, as a member of Merseyside Ringing Group, recently caught a bird he
first ringed there in July 1993.
At almost 25 years of age, this
appears to be the oldest Little Tern ringed anywhere in the world, and it’s
still producing chicks!
Volunteers at Gronant have
installed live-streaming cameras from a couple of nests. With Denbighshire
Council wardens they are also starting a programme of
diversionary feeding to provide a local pair of Kestrels with an alternative
food source to fledging terns.
The first signs of autumn wader
migration came with Spotted Redshanks at RSPB Conwy and
at Connah’s
Quay , where up to three Great White Egrets have been feeding.
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