Bird of the week was a Pectoral Sandpiper found at Cors Ddyga RSPB (29th). Not only is it scarce, with just 19 records for Anglesey having been accepted by the Welsh Birds Rarity Committee (2 others are being followed up), it was also the first April record for the island. If the other 2 records are accepted to take the total to 22 (including this week’s bird), then 1 will have occurred in April, 2 in May, 1 in July, 4 in August, 13 in September and 1 in October. It is understood to be the 2nd earliest for Wales after 1 at the Gwent levels on 03/04/1976. It looks to have only been the 4th record for the UK & Ireland in 2023. All in all, a noteworthy record.
Aside from the Pectoral Sandpiper, there were 3 new
additions to the year list - Spotted Flycatcher (3rd), Hobby (4th)
and Roseate Tern (5th). Collectively,
they take the 2023 year list up to 194.
Apart from the new additions to the list, it was a
good week for both Lesser Whitethroat and Swift which featured in a number of sighting
reports. 2 Wood Sandpipers, a Little
Gull, a Black Redstart and an Arctic Skua were also noteworthy. Wader numbers are reported to be building on
the Alaw estuary.
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Swans,
Geese & Ducks: |
Barnacle Geese |
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2 at Cors Ddyga (2nd-5th) |
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Garganey |
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Drake at Cors Ddyga (3rd) |
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Eider |
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5 at Ynys Moelfre (30th) |
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Wigeon |
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Drake at Cors Ddyga RSPB (29th) |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
·
8 between Moelfre and Lligwy
(30th) |
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Waders: |
***Pectoral Sandpiper*** |
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1 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (29th) |
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Wood Sandpiper |
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2 at Cors Ddyga (4th) |
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Common Sandpiper |
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1 at Rhoscolyn (3rd) ·
1 at Cors Ddyga (4th) ·
2 at the Alaw estuary 94th) |
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Little Ringed Plover |
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2 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (29th) |
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Common Ringed Plover |
·
74 at the Alaw estuary (74
on 4th, 54 on 5th) |
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Golden Plover |
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c.30 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (29th) |
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Sanderling |
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2 at Cemlyn (30th-1st) |
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Dunlin |
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Up to 78 at the Alaw estuary
(78 on 5th, 66 on 4th) |
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Greenshank |
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3 at the Alaw Estuary (4th) |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
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13 at the Alaw estuary (5th) |
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Oystercatcher |
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218 at the Alaw estuary (5th) |
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Curlew |
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9 at the Alaw estuary (5th) |
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Whimbrel |
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2 between Moelfre and Lligwy
(30th) · Up to 4 at Rhoscolyn (4 on 4th,
2 on 2nd) ·
2 at Cors Ddyga (3rd) ·
Up to 3 at the Alaw estuary
(3 on 4th, 1 on 5th) |
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Seabirds & gulls: |
***Roseate Tern*** |
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1 at Cemlyn (5th) |
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Arctic Skua |
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1 flew past South Stack (5th) |
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Little Gull |
· 2nd calendar year
bird at the Alaw estuary (29th) |
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Black Guillemot |
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1 off Octel, Amlwch (2nd) |
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Mediterranean Gull |
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4 at Cemlyn (30th) |
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Divers & Grebes: |
Red-throated Diver |
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4 at Red Wharf Bay off
Llanddona (29th) |
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Passerines & others: |
***Spotted Flycatcher*** |
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1 at Rhoscolyn (3rd) |
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Black Redstart |
· 1 at a small sewage works at
Wylfa Head (3rd) |
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Whinchat |
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1 at Rhoscolyn (2nd) ·
1 at Cors Ddyga (3rd) |
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Swift |
·
1 over Cors Ddyga (2nd) · 1 arrived back at a nestbox
at the Ocean Sciences building (3rd), Menai Bridge with a further 2
on the (4th). ·
12 at Llyn Llywenan (4th) ·
2 at Cafnan, Cemlyn (5th) |
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Cuckoo |
· 1 flew over the A5025 near
City Dulas (4th) |
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Lesser Whitethroat |
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1 at Gadfa (1st) ·
1 at Rhoscolyn (2nd) ·
1 at Cors Ddyga (2nd) |
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Garden Warbler |
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1 at Llyn Cefni (29th) |
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Common Whitethroat |
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12 at South Stack (3rd) |
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Grasshopper Warbler |
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4 at Rhoscolyn (2nd) ·
1 at Cors Efail Newydd,
Benllech (5th) |
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Northern Wheatear |
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16 at Rhoscolyn (2nd) |
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Yellow Wagtail |
· 2/3 british ‘flavissima’
seen and photographed at Cemlyn (2/3 on 3rd, 2 on 2nd,
1 on 3rd) |
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Tree Pipit |
·
1 over Wylfa Head (3rd) |
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Hooded Crow |
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1 at South Stack (29th&3rd) |
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Chough |
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16 at South Stack (3rd) |
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Raptors: |
***Hobby*** |
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1 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (4th) |
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Osprey |
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1 over the Alaw estuary (4th) |
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Marsh Harrier |
· Up to 3 at Cors Ddyga RSPB (3
on 30th, 1 on 4th) |
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Red Kite |
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1 over road by Mspark,
Gaerwen (30th) ·
1 over Cors Ddyga (30th) |
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Short-eared Owl |
· 1 seen and photographed at
Point Lynas (1st) |
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Herons, Egrets & allies: |
Great Bittern |
· Seen in flight on several occasions
at Valley wetland RSPB (29th) |
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