Saturday, 27 December 2025

Day 5 - A tad wet and windy

The weather forecast was (unfortunately) accurate - very wet and windy - so it was up for breakfast and straight back to bed, with keener members of the group departing for a soggy mornings birding.

We reconvened over a typical Naturetrek lunch which the hotel let us consume on site before heading out for an afternoons birding in improving conditions.

We headed back to Cape St Vincent where half the group had gone this morning. This time in clear conditions we watched cliff fisherman trying to fish in the surf whilst we checked the sea which only produced Gannets and a single Great Skua plus Audouin’s Gulls and a few  Shags.

Sacred Valley was the next site where twenty or more Choughs were the best birds along with another Hen Harrier and a couple of Little Owls.

Last stop today was Martinhall which produced little

A few people went on a night drive after dinner but for me it was off to bed with the prospect of another wet day tomorrow.