The last full week of March produced the first Manx Shearwater for the year with 3 birds seen off North Stack (22nd), the first Willow Warblers with birds at Cors Ddyga and Rhoscolyn (26th) and an Osprey photographed over Cors Ddyga (26th). Collectively, they take the cumulative year list to date up to 162.
Up to 2 Snow Buntings were around the Trwyn, Cemlyn (23rd-29th) while 9 Marsh Harriers noted at Cors Ddyga (28th) must be the highest count for a single site on the island.
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Swans, Geese &
Ducks: |
Whooper Swan |
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14 on roadside fields off
B5111 from Llangefni to Llanerchymedd (25th). |
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Pale-bellied Brent Goose |
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34 off Benllech seafront (23rd). ·
28 at Porth y Mor (23rd). ·
c. 150 at Beddmanarch Bay
(24th). ·
Up to 161 at the Alaw
estuary (161 on 24th, 158 on 25th). |
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Dark-bellied Brent Goose |
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1 at the Alaw estuary (25th). |
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Goldeneye |
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2 at the Inland Sea (24th). |
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Common Scoter |
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20 off Benllech seafront (23rd). |
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Waders: |
Purple Sandpiper |
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9 at Cemlyn (24th). |
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Golden Plover |
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c. 300 at Cemlyn (23rd-24th). |
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Grey Plover |
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3 at Cemlyn (24th). |
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Jack Snipe |
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1 at Traeth Dulas (23rd) |
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Common Snipe |
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8 at Traeth Dulas (23rd). |
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Greenshank |
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1 on the old brickworks
pool, Traeth Dulas (23rd). |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
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2 summer plumaged birds at
Tyn Llan fields, Cemlyn (27th). |
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Seabirds & gulls: |
Manx Shearwater |
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3 off North Stack, Holyhead,
over a 1hr seawatch (23rd). ·
1 off North Stack from Stena
ferry (28th). |
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Fulmar |
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2 off North Stack, Holyhead,
over a 1hr seawatch (23rd). |
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Gannet |
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40 off North Stack,
Holyhead, over a 1hr seawatch (23rd). ·
2 off Benllech seafront (23rd). ·
3 at Porth y Mor (23rd). |
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Mediterranean Gull |
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Up to 5 at Cemlyn (5 on 29th,
4 on 24th). ·
6 on fields, following muck
spreading, near Llyn Trafwll (28th). |
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Kittiwake |
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35 off North Stack,
Holyhead, over a 1hr seawatch (23rd). |
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Sandwich Tern |
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4 off Beaumaris (24th). ·
4 off Moel-y-Don (24th). |
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Black Guillemot |
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5 at Porth y Mor (23rd). ·
2 at Beddmanarch Bay (28th). |
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Divers & Grebes: |
Great Northern Diver |
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1 at Holyhead harbour (28th). |
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Black-throated Diver |
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1 reported at Holyhead
harbour (24th). |
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Red-throated Diver |
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1 off Benllech seafront (23rd). ·
4 at Porth y Mor (23rd). |
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Black-necked Grebe |
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1, in summer plumage, at
Beddmanarch Bay (24th, 28th). |
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Slavonian Grebe |
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Up to 6 at Beddmanarch Bay
(6 on 26th, 3 on 24th, 2 of 28th). |
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Passerines & others: |
Willow Warbler |
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1 at Cors Ddyga (26th). ·
1 at Llafur, Rhoscolyn (26th
& 29th). |
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Snow Bunting |
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1 on the Trwyn, Cemlyn (23rd-27th),
with a 2nd bird present (27th-29th). |
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Water Pipit |
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1, in partial summer
plumage, at Cors Ddyga (28th). |
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Black Redstart |
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Female still around the
Amlwch Port area (23rd-24th). |
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Yellowhammer |
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3 at Brynteg (23rd). |
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Barn Swallow |
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1 over the approach road to
Point Lynas (25th). ·
1 at Cors Ddyga (26th). ·
3 at Cemlyn (26th). ·
1 at Tregele (27th). ·
1 at Cemaes Bay (27th). ·
2 over the gorad flood,
Valley (29th). |
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Sand Martin |
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5 at Cors Ddyga (26th). ·
10+ over the gorad flood,
Valley (29th). |
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Northern Wheatear |
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Up to 12 at Cemlyn (12 on 29th,
5 on 27th, 2 on 24th, 1 on 26th). ·
1 at South Stack (24th). |
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White Wagtail – alba nominate |
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1 at Cemlyn (29th). |
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Pied Wagtail – yarrellii sub-species |
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40 passed through Cemlyn (26th). |
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Blackcap |
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1 at Soldier’s Point,
Holyhead (24th). ·
2 singing at Talwrn (25th). ·
1 at Rhoscolyn (26th). |
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Meadow Pipit |
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475 passed through Cemlyn
(26th). |
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Siskin |
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35 passed though Cemlyn (26th). |
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Goldfinch |
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53 at Cemlyn (26th). |
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Hooded Crow |
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1 at South Stack (26th). ·
1 at the beach, Newborough
(29th). |
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Raptors: |
Osprey |
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1 photographed over Cors
Ddyga (26th). |
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Marsh Harrier |
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1 at Cemlyn (26th). ·
9 at Cors Ddyga (28th). |
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Red Kite |
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1 over Coleg Menai,
Llangefni (23rd). |
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Herons, Egrets & allies: |
Cattle Egret |
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1 at Penrhos Coastal Park
(24th). |
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Great Bittern |
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1 calling at Valley wetlands
(25th & 26th). |
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Water Rail |
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1 at Bryn Ffysiwn, Rhoscolyn
(26th). |
