Weekly roundup – Saturday 1st February – Friday 7th February 2020

Divers & Grebes:  Great Northern Diver; Holyhead Harbour (1^st, 5th) and Benllech (5^th).  Red-throated Diver, Benllech (5^th).  RED-NECKED GREBE; 1km west of Point Lynas (1^st).  Slavonian Grebe – Beddmanarch Bay (1^st, 4^th) and Inland Sea (5^th). 

Seabirds: Black Guillemot – Holyhead Harbour (1^st, 5^th), Trearddur Bay (5^th), Benllech (5^th). Holyhead Fish Quay (5^th).

Herons & Egrets: Great Egret – North coast of Llyn Alaw (5^th) and 3 east of Llyn Alaw (7^th).

Swans, Geese & Ducks: Whooper Swan; Cors Ddyga (5^th) and 15 between Llangefni and Llannerchymedd (7^th).  Greenland White-fronted Goose; 4-6 towards the Llanfachraeth end of the Alaw estuary (2^nd – 4th).  Pink-footed Goose; several in flight over Cors Ddyga (5^th).  Long-tailed Duck; 1-2 birds seen on the lagoon at Cemlyn (1^st – 7th) – best approached from the east car park.  Greater Scaup; Llyn Alaw (5^th) and Inland Sea (7^th).  

Waders: Purple Sandpipers; 12+ at Trearddur Bay (5^th).  Green Sandpiper; Llanfachraeth end of Alaw estuary (3^rd – 4th). 

Gulls & Terns: Mediterranean Gull; Cemlyn (4^th) and Inland Sea (5^th).

Raptors:  Marsh Harrier; Cors Ddyga (5^th).  Hen Harrier; Gadfa (5^th). Red Kite; Rosmeirch (7^th).

Passerines: Snow Bunting still in front of the Boathouse café at Red Wharf Bay (1^st – 7th).  Hooded Crow; 2-3 remain in the vicinity of Tesco and KFC, Holyhead.  (1^st, 5^th).  Cetti’s Warble – Llyn Maelog (1^st) and Cors Ddyga (5^th).

Other: Kingfisher; Menai Straits between two bridges (6^th).