The North wind doth blow and we shall have …. Skuas.
Whilst we didn’t get the hoped for strong SW winds preceding a switch to a NW – N direction, the reasonably strong onshore winds were enough to get a few birders out to coastal headlands with the hope of connecting with some scarce – rare seabirds.
The exact wind direction seemed to have a quite profound effect on the range of species and their numbers at varying sites. Nonetheless, the north coast delivered 2 Cory’s Shearwater – 1st for the year, a Great Skua – also a 1st for the year and a few Arctic Skuas as well. It is still early on in the sea-watching season and many will hope that we have suitable conditions once again over the next few months.
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Swans,
Geese & Ducks: |
Common Scoter |
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12 flew past Cemlyn (30th). ·
75 flew west (75 mins) past Cemlyn
(1st). |
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Black
Swan |
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1 on the Inland Sea (29th). |
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Waders: |
Sanderling |
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40+ at Cerrig y Brain,
Rhosneigr (2nd). |
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Knot |
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1 at Cemlyn (29th). |
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Turnstone |
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50 at Cemlyn (29th). |
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Common
Sandpiper |
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3 at Traeth Dulas (29th). |
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Dunlin |
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67 at the Inland Sea (29th). |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
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1 off Penrhos Coastal Park
(29th). |
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Black-tailed
Godwit |
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2 at the Inland Sea (29th). |
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Whimbrel |
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2 at the Inland Sea (29th). ·
6 flew west past Cemlyn (1st). |
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Curlew |
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21 at the Inland Sea (29th). |
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Seabirds & gulls: |
Cory’s Shearwater |
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2 flew past Cemlyn (3rd). |
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Great Skua |
· 1 flew past Point Lynas (3rd)
– with presumably the same seen later off Cemlyn. |
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Arctic Skua |
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3 flew west past Bull Bay
(30th). ·
1 flew west past Cemlyn (30th). · 4 flew past Cemlyn (3rd)
– with presumably 1 of these seen earlier off Point Lynas. ·
1 past The Range, South
Stack (3rd). ·
4 past Point Lynas and presumably
the same later seen off Wylfa head (4th). |
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Puffin |
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1 at South Stack (29th). |
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Little Tern |
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1 at Cemlyn (1st). |
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Roseate
Tern |
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1 at Cemlyn (31st). |
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Mediterranean Gull |
·
2nd calendar year
at Traeth Dulas (29th). |
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Manx
Shearwater |
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Plenty past coastal
headlands with one count of 3041 (over 75 mins) west past Cemlyn (1st). |
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Divers & Grebes: |
Red-throated
Diver |
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1 flew past Point Lynas (4th). |
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Passerines & others: |
Crossbill |
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1 over South Stack (31st), with 4 over (1st). |
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Northern
Wheatear |
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1 at the Inland Sea (29th). ·
1 at Tyn Llan beach, Cemlyn (30th). ·
1 at Aberffraw beach (30th). ·
1 at Bull Bay (3rd). |
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Raptors: |
Goshawk |
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1 near Llyn Llywenan (3rd). |
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Marsh Harrier |
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Cream headed bird over South Stack (4th). |
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Red Kite |
· 1 over the A5025 between Cerrig Man and Amlwch (31st) ·
1 over the A5025 near Pen-y-sarn (31s). |
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Herons, Egrets &
allies: |
Great Egret |
· 1 at Malltraeth cob pool (30th). |
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