A week which delivered good numbers of Northern Wheatear and Whimbrel, together with 6 new species for the Anglesey year list - Grey Partridge (16th), Wood Sandpiper (17th), Yellow Wagtail (17th), Common Whitethroat (18th), Common Redstart (19th) and Common Tern (20th). This takes the list up to 184 – still slightly ahead of last year’s equivalent which was 181 on the 22nd April. The most disappointing absence from this year’s list is that there still hasn’t been any reports of Tree Sparrow. The Gwalchmai and Bryngwran areas have been the most reliable sites over recent years for spring records at feeding stations – it would be good to know if they are still present somewhere, even if they aren’t viewable by the birding community.
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Swans,
Geese & Ducks: |
Pale-bellied Brent Goose (hrota) |
·
69 at Traeth Lleiniog (19th) ·
104 at the Alaw estuary (19th) |
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Garganey |
· Drake at south end of Cors
Ddyga (17th-18th) |
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Eider |
·
40 at Penmon (18th) |
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Scaup |
·
female at the Inland Sea (17th) |
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Pintail |
·
2 at the Alaw estuary (19th) |
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Wigeon |
· 3 at the Alaw estuary (19th)
– with observational comment that wildfowl numbers are falling |
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Goosander |
·
2 at Llyn Maelog (20th) |
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Waders: |
***Wood Sandpiper*** |
·
1 seen and photographed at
Cors Ddyga RSPB (17th) |
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Common Sandpiper |
· 1 seen at Cors Ddyga RSPB (17th
& 20th) ·
1 at South Stack (18th) ·
1 at Cemlyn (21st) ·
1 at Hen Borth (21st) |
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Little Ringed Plover |
·
Up to 2 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (18th&
20th) |
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Grey Plover |
·
1 at Cors Ddyga (20th) |
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Golden Plover |
· Up to c. 110 at Cors Ddyga
RSPB (c. 110 on 17th, 67 on 17th) ·
11 at The Range, Holyhead
(17th) ·
34 on the Alaw estuary (20th) |
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Ruff |
·
3 at Cors Ddyga (20th) |
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Greenshank |
·
1 at Traeth Dulas (16th) ·
4 at the Alaw estuary (19th) ·
2 at Cemlyn (21st) |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
·
8 at the Alaw estuary (17th) |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
·
1 at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (19th)
·
14 on the Inland Sea (19th) ·
29 on the Alaw estuary (20th) |
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Whimbrel |
·
1 at Tyn Llan fields (15th) ·
2 off the Trwyn at Cemlyn
(16th) · 4 flew over the east car
park, Cemlyn (16th) ·
1 at The Range, Holyhead (17th) · Up to 14 at Hen Borth (14 on
18th, 10 on 17th, 7 on 19th, 2 on 16th) ·
2 on the Inland Sea (17th) ·
3 at Borth Wen, Rhoscolyn
(19th) ·
14 at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn
(20th) ·
3 at the Inland Sea (19th) · Up to 17 at the Alaw estuary
(17 on 20th, 13 on 19th) |
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Snipe |
·
6 at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn
(17th) |
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Seabirds & gulls: |
Little Gull |
·
2nd year bird at
Cemlyn (15th) ·
1st year bird at
Malltraeth cob (15th) ·
2nd year bird at the
Alaw estuary (19th) |
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***Common Tern*** |
·
3 at Cemlyn (20th) |
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Puffin |
·
3 at South Stack (20th) |
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Black Guillemot |
·
1 at Penmon (18th) |
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Mediterranean Gull |
· Up to 14 at Cemlyn (14 on 16th,
8 on 15th) · 2 adults and a 1st
winter at the Alaw estuary (19th) |
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Divers & Grebes: |
No reports |
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Passerines & others: |
*** Common Redstart*** |
· Male at Y Storws ruins,
Cemlyn (19th&21st) - but elusive |
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***Yellow Wagtail*** |
·
1 flew over the Alaw estuary
and called (17th) |
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***Common Whitethroat*** |
·
2 at Rhoscolyn (18th) ·
1 at South Stack (19th) ·
1 at Ynys y Fydlyn (19th) ·
1 at the Alaw estuary (20th) |
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Reed Warbler |
·
2 at Valley wetlands RSPB
(15th) · Up to 3 at Cors Ddyga (3 on
18th, 1 on 15th&20th) |
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Sedge Warbler |
·
Up to 3 at Valley wetlands
RSPB (3 on 15th, 1 on 20th) ·
3 at Cors Ddyga (18th) |
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Grasshopper Warbler |
·
1 at Tyn Llan scrub, Cemlyn
(15th) ·
2 at Cors Ddyga (15th,
18th) ·
1 at South Stack (18th) ·
1 at Rhoscolyn (20th) · 1 between Llyn Penrhyn and
Llyn Dinam (21st) |
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Cetti’s Warbler |
·
7 at Valley wetlands RSPB
(15th) · Up to 11 at Cors Ddyga (11
on 18th, 6 on 15th) ·
2 at Carreglwyd marsh (15th) ·
1 at Dwyran (20th) |
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Blackcap |
·
Up to 6 at South Stack (6 on
18th, 2 on 17th) ·
1 at Cors Ddyga (20th) |
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Green Woodpecker |
· 1 on a telephone pole at Cae
Llyn, Rhoscolyn (21st) |
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Ring Ouzel |
·
Female at Rhoscolyn (20th) ·
1 at South Stack (20th) |
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Black Redstart |
·
1 at South Stack (17th) |
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Northern Wheatear |
·
Up to 40+ at the Range,
Holyhead (40+ on 17th, 33 on 18th, 23 on 19th) ·
52 at South Stack (18th) · 100+ between Tyn Llan and
Hen Borth (18th) ·
8 at the Inland Sea (19th) ·
Up to 31 at Rhoscolyn (31 on
20th, 4 on 19th) ·
48 on the Alaw estuary (20th) ·
3 at Cors Ddyga (20th) |
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Water Pipit |
·
1 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (18th) |
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Tree Pipit |
·
1 at South Stack (16th
& 17th) ·
1 flew over Cors Ddyga (18th) ·
1 at Hen Borth (21st) |
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White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) |
·
Up to 50+ at Cors Ddyga (50+
on 20th, 15 on 18th) |
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Lesser Redpoll |
·
2 at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn
(20th) |
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Yellowhammer |
·
1 at South Stack (15th) |
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***Grey Partridge*** |
·
2 flew over the minor road
close to Llyn Coron (16th) |
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Hooded Crow |
· 1 between Porth y Post and
Porth Dafarch (19th) ·
1 at Cemlyn (19th&21st) |
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Raptors: |
Osprey |
· 1 over Menai Bridge High
Street was mobbed by Gulls and headed off in the direction of Bangor (19th) ·
1 at Cors Ddyga (19th) ·
1 over Rhoscolyn (19th) |
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Harrier sp. |
· ‘ring-tailed’ seen at Cors
Ddyga (19th) could not be assigned to a species. |
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Marsh Harrier |
·
Up to 5 at Cors Ddyga RSPB
(18th) · 1 between Llyn Penrhyn and
Llyn Dinam (21st) |
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Red Kite |
·
2 at Llyn Coron (18th) |
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Merlin |
·
male at Hen Borth (18th) ·
1 over Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn
(21st) |
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Herons, Egrets & allies: |
Great Bittern |
· 1 ‘booming’ at Cors Ddyga
RSPB (15th&20th) · Up to 2 ‘booming’ at Valley
wetlands RSPB (2 on 20th, 1 on 18th) |
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Great Egret |
·
1 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (17th) |
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