Week: Saturday 25th May 2024 – Friday 31st May 2024.

Cemlyn delivered 2 new year ticks this week.  A Red-rumped Swallow at Plas Cemlyn, Cemlyn - then over nearby fields (25^th) - will be only the 3^rd record for Anglesey after 1 on the 11^th May 2004 at South Stack and 1 on the 4^th May 2008 at Porth Wen.  Later in the week, 7 Egyptian Geese were at Cemlyn (29^th).  Together, they take the Anglesey year to date list up to 203.

Elsewhere, 2 Pomarine Skuas seen off 000The Range, Holyhead (31^st) were both notable and just reward for Ken Croft after many hours spent seawatching over the past few weeks.

Swans, Geese & Ducks:	Egyptian Goose	·       7 at Cemlyn (29th).
	Common Scoter	·       15 flew past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (25th). ·       9 flew past The Range over a 3hr seawatch (30th).
	Eider	·       4 at Penmon Point (28th). ·       5 at Port Penmon (28th). ·       9 at Afon Lleiniog (29th). ·       4 at Trwyn y Penrhyn, Penmon (30th).
	Goosander	·       6 off Beaumaris promenade (29th).
Waders:	Curlew Sandpiper	·       1 at Cemlyn (25th-27th).
	European Golden Plover	·       2 on Tyn Llan fields, Cemlyn (18th).
	Common Ringed Plover	·       21 at the Alaw estuary (29th).
	Sanderling	·       Up to 8 at Cemlyn (8 on 25th, 1 on 26th). ·       5 at Hen Borth, near Cemlyn (26th).
	Dunlin	·       26 at the Alaw estuary (29th).
	Ruff	·       1 at Llyn Llywenan (26th).
	Whimbrel	·       1 at the beach at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn  (25th). ·       2 flew past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (25th).
	Bar-tailed Godwit	·       6 flew past Trwyn y Penrhyn, Penmon (30th).
Seabirds & gulls:	Pomarine Skua	·       2 seen off The Range, Holyhead (31st).
	Puffin	·       1 at Penmon Point (28th).
	Black Guillemot	·       1 at Penmon Point (28th). ·       1 at Porth Penmon (29th).
	Manx Shearwater	·       250 flew past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (25th). ·       1176 flew past The Range over a 3hr seawatch (30th). ·       968 flew past The Range over a 3hr seawatch (31st).
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	·       54 at the Alaw estuary (29th).
	Kittiwake	·       85 flew past The Range over a 3hr seawatch (31st).
Divers & Grebes:		·       Nothing of note.
Passerines & others:	Red-rumped Swallow	·       1 photographed at Plas Cemlyn, Cemlyn then seen over nearby fields (25th).
	Barn Swallow	·       94 flew west at South Stack (25th).
	Tree Pipit	·       1 at Holyhead (25th).
	Spotted Flycatcher	·       39 at Holyhead – 9 at South Stack, 17 at Holyhead mountain and 13 at Holyhead Breakwater Country Park (25th). ·       Up to 3 opposite Cafnan farm, Cemlyn (3 on 26th, 2 on 25th). ·       1 at Llanfairynghornwy churchyard (25th). ·       8 at Holyhead – 2 at South Stack, 2 at Holyhead mountain and 4 at Holyhead Breakwater Country Park (26th). ·       2 at Cemlyn (26th).
	Cuckoo	·       1 flew over the A55 near Bryngwran (26th). ·       1, possibly 2, at Holyhead Breakwater Country Park and South Stack (26th). ·       1 heard from Pencarreg, Cemlyn (29th).
	Whinchat	·       Female at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (29th).
	Reed Warbler	·       1 at Hen Borth (27th).
	Northern Wheatear	·       4 between Cemlyn and Hen Borth (25th). ·       2 at South Stack (25th).
	Lesser Redpoll	·       2 at The Range (2 on 25th, 1 on 27th).
	Chough	·       33 at South Stack (27th).
Raptors:	Osprey	·       1 at the Cefni estuary (27th).
	Red Kite	·       1 over the B5109 between Pentraeth and Talwrn (25th). ·       1 over Talwrn (29th).
Herons, Egrets & allies:	Cattle Egret	·        3 at the Alaw estuary (29th).