10th June 2000

Skomer Island, West Wales

 

Puffins

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List of Birds Seen

1. Mute Swan [Cygnus olor] - En route 

2. Common Swift [ Apus apus] 

3. Common Wood Pigeon [Columba palumbus] 

4. Collared Dove [Streptopelia decaocto] - En route 

5. Curlew [Numenius arquata] - Breeding on Island 

6. Oystercatcher [Haematopus ostralegus] - Common / breeding on Island 

7. Herring Gull [Larus argentatus] - Common / breeding on Island 

8. Lesser Black backed Gull - [Larus fuscus] - Common / breeding on Island  

9. Kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla] - Breeding 

10.Guillemot [Uria aalge] - Breeding

11.Razorbill [Alca torda] - Breeding

12.Puffin [Fratercula arctica] - Breeding

13.Red Kite [Milvus milvus] - 2, possibly 3 south of Carmarthen

14.Common Buzzard [Buteo buteo] - A few en route

15.Common Kestrel [Falco tinnunculus] - 1  en route

16.Gannet [Morus bassanus] - Many near Garland Stone and few on return boat trip

17.Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo] - 1

18.Fulmar [Fulmarus glacialis] 

19.Magpie [Pica pica] - Common on Island 

20.Chough [Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax] - 2 south near Garland Stone

21.Jackdaw [Corvus monedula] - Common on Island

22.Carrion Crow [Corvus corone]

23.Raven [Corvus corax] - 1 on north-west of Island

24.Blackbird [Turdus merula]

25.Wheatear [Oenanthe oenanthe] - 1 on Island

26.Wren [Troglodytes troglodytes] - 1 at North Haven

27.Barn Swallow [Hirundo rustica]

28.House Martin [Delichon urbica]

29.Whitethroat [Sylvia communis] - 1 Singing near farmhouse

30.Skylark [Alauda arvensis]

31.House Sparrow [Passer domesticus]

32.Pied Wagtail [Motacilla alba]

33.Meadow Pipit [Anthus pratensis] - Very common on Island

34.Rock Pipit [Anthus petrosus] - 1 at Martin's Haven

35.European Goldfinch [Carduelis carduelis]

36.Linnet [Carduelis cannabina] - A pair at Martin's Haven