A Lesser Whitethroat at Tyddyn Gele was at a site where they are regularly recorded over summer months. Yellow-legged Gull is a rare, but perhaps under-recorded, sighting and one was this week seen and photographed at Hen Borth by birders searching unsuccessfully for the Ring Ouzel that had been seen the previous day.
These four new additions to the year list takes the tally up to 177 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.
Wildfowl:
Mute Swan
11, in a herd in a field east of the Braint estuary (14th).
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
c. 160, at Beddmanarch Bay (13th).
21, at Sea Zoo / Mermaid, Brynsiencyn (13th).
3, in a field south of the Alaw estuary (16th).
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
1, at Beddmanarch Bay (13th).
Shelduck
56, on Cefni estuary (13th).
Eider
2, drake and a duck, off Benllech (11th).
Goosander
14, at Llyn Coron (13th).
Tufted Duck
4, 2 pairs at Twr reservoirs (12th).
46, at Llyn Cefni (13th).
Pochard
6, at Llyn Maelog (16th).
Garganey
2, drake and a duck at Cors Ddyga (12th-14th).
Gadwall
Up to 12, at Cors Ddyga (12 on 13th, 8 on 16th).
10, at Llyn Coron (13th).
2, at the Braint river mouth (14th).
1, at Llyn Coron (14th).
Green-winged Teal
Up to 2, drakes at Cors Ddyga (2 on 11th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 1 on 12th, 15th, 16th).
Waders:
Oystercatcher
520, at the Braint estuary (14th).
Ringed Plover
42, at Traeth Dulas (12th).
1, at Cors Ddyga (16th).
Little Ringed Plover
Up to 3, on the flooded field over the stone bridge, Pont Bulkeley, Cors Ddyga (3 on 16th, 1 on 11th,13th).
Whimbrel
6, at Porth Trwyn (12th).
2, at the Inland Sea (13th).
1, on Cefni estuary (13th).
2, at Sea Zoo / Mermaid, Brynsiencyn (13th).
1, at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (16th).
1, at Cemlyn (16th).
Curlew
2, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
Bar-tailed Godwit
34, at Traeth Penial (12th).
Black-tailed Godwit
3, at Malltraeth cob / Afon Cefni (13th).
Snipe
1, at Llyn Llygeirian (12th).
Common Sandpiper
1, on the river edge at Traeth Dulas (13th).
2, at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (16th).
Redshank
9, at Traeth Dulas (12th).
78, at Malltraeth cob / Afon Cefni (13th).
8, at the Alaw estuary (16th).
Greenshank
Up to 3, at Traeth Dulas (3 on 13th, 2 on 12th).
2, at the Alaw estuary (16th).
Sanderling
1, on the pool in the field from the west car park, Cemlyn (11th).
Dunlin
2, on the pool in the field from the west car park, Cemlyn (11th).
Seabirds and gulls:
Mediterranean Gull
2, at the Alaw estuary (16th).
Yellow-legged Gull
1, adult on ploughed field at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (14th).
Fulmar
4, past The Range, Holyhead (12th).
Manx Shearwater
9, past Wylfa Head (12th).
Gannet
17, past The Range, Holyhead (12th).
11, past Soldier’s Point, Holyhead (12th).
17, past Wylfa Head (12th).
35, off Llanlleiana (13th).
Grebes & Divers:
Little Grebe
2, pair at Llyn Cefni (13th).
1, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
Great-crested Grebe
6, at Llyn Cefni (13th).
2, at Llyn Coron (13th).
Herons, Egrets & allies:
Great Bittern
2, booming at Cors Ddyga (13th).
Great Egret
1, at Llyn Llygeirian (12th).
2, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
Cattle Egret
4, with cattle on a field off the access road to the Mitigation pool, Inland Sea (15th).
Water Rail
1, heard at Cors Ddyga (13th).
Raptors:
Marsh Harrier
3, at Cors Ddyga (14th).
Red Kite
1, at Llansadwrn (12th).
1, over A55 near junction 3 (16th).
1, over Moel-y-Don (16th).
1, over Llangaffo road (16th).
1, flew over Lon y Bryn, Menai Bridge (17th).
Passerines & others:
Stock Dove
2, at Sandy Bay / Porth Tywyn Mawr (12th).
3, at the Breakwater Country Park (16th).
Chough
11, at Sandy Bay / Porth Tywyn Mawr (12th).
Hooded Crow
1, at Soldier’s Point, Holyhead (12th).
Sedge Warbler
Several, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
1, at Cors Errdreiniog (13th).
2, at Llyn Cefni (13th).
Reed Warbler
Several, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
Grasshopper Warbler
2, at Cors Errdreiniog (13th).
1, at Tyddyn Gele, Tregele (14th).
4+, in Tregele - Wylfa area (14th).
Sand Martin
c. 200, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
House Martin
3, at Llyn Llygeirian (12th).
Cetti’s Warbler
6, at Cors Ddyga (13th).
1, at Llyn Cefni (13th).
Willow Warbler
6+, in Tregele - Wylfa area (15th).
Chiffchaff
12+, in Tregele - Wylfa area (15th).
Blackcap
1, at Wylfa woods (12th).
4, at Llyn Cefni (13th).
1, at Church Island, Menai Bridge (13th).
Lesser Whitethroat
1, heard calling at Tyddyn Gele, Tregele (14th).
Common Whitethroat
1, at South Stack (12th).
1, at Soldier’s Point, Holyhead (12th).
1, at Bodorgan (13th).
Up to 3, at Cemlyn (3 on 13th, 1 on 16th).
Ring Ouzel
1, male on ploughed field at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (13th).
1, male at field west of the access road to The Range, Holyhead (13th-14th).
Common Redstart
1, male at field west of the access road to The Range, Holyhead (13th).
Northern Wheatear
1, at Llanbadrig (12th).
1, at Wylfa Head (12th).
15, at Cemlyn (13th).
1, at Bodorgan (13th).
1, at Aberffraw / Llyn Coron (13th).
4, in a field west of the Braint stepping stones (14th).
Yellow Wagtail - (Blue-headed)
1, at Cors Ddyga (11th-12th).
White Wagtail
6, at Traeth Penial (12th).
3, at South Stack (12th).
15+, on a ploughed field at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (13th).
Crossbill
11, flew west out of Cestyll gardens, near Cemlyn (13th).
