Three new year additions to the 2024 Anglesey list – including a potential first for the island. Belated news emerged of 2 Smew – a drake and a duck photographed at Llyn Alaw on the 11th March – No 203. A lucky homeowner in Llanfairynghornwy had a Hawfinch feeding on the grass below garden feeders mid-afternoon (5th), but alas it didn’t hang about to be seen by others later in the day – No 204. Finally, a 2nd calendar year Caspian Gull was photographed on the Bangor foreshore before moving over to the Cadnant estuary (7th) and will become the 1st for Anglesey if accepted by the Welsh Birds Rarity Committee – No 205.
Rose-coloured Starlings were seen in Cumbria and Aberystwyth during
the week and must be a potential for Anglesey during the coming few weeks as
flocks of Common Starlings build up.
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Swans, Geese &
Ducks: |
Smew |
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Drake and duck photographed
at Llyn Alaw (11th March). |
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Eurasian Teal |
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3 at Cors Ddyga (2nd). |
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Common Scoter |
·
5 flew
past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (5th). |
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Eider |
·
Pair off Beaumaris promenade
(1st). |
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Waders: |
Common Ringed Plover |
·
26 at the Alaw estuary (2nd). ·
52 at Rhosneigr (6th). |
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Sanderling |
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2 at Rhosneigr (6th). |
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Dunlin |
·
6 at the Alaw estuary (2nd). ·
18 at the Alaw estuary (5th). ·
13 at Rhosneigr (6th). |
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Whimbrel |
·
1 at the Alaw estuary (2nd). |
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Oystercatcher |
·
179 at the Alaw estuary (1st). ·
106 at the Alaw estuary (5th). |
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Seabirds & gulls: |
Caspian Gull |
·
2nd calendar
year photographed on the Bangor foreshore before moving to the Cadnant
estuary. (7th). |
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Manx Shearwater |
·
381 flew
past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (1st). ·
3244 flew
past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (1st). |
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Divers & Grebes: |
Red-throated Diver |
·
1 flew past The Range (1st). |
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Passerines & others: |
Hawfinch |
·
1 photographed at a garden
at Llanfairynghornwy (5th). |
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Spotted Flycatcher |
·
2 at Holyhead mountain (2nd). ·
1 at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (2nd). ·
1 at Soldier’s Point,
Holyhead (7th). |
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Cuckoo |
·
Juvenile being fed by Willow
Warblers at Llanfairynghornwy (4th). |
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Northern Wheatear |
·
6 – 1 male an 5 females at
Rhoscolyn (2nd). |
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Stock Dove |
·
12 at Bodorgan (6th). |
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Hooded Crow |
·
1 at The Range (1st). |
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Raptors: |
Osprey |
·
1 over the Menai Strait near
the Gazelle (5th). ·
1 over Malltraeth cob pool
(7th). |
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Red Kite |
·
1 near Traeth Lligwy (1st). ·
1, possibly 2, at Talwrn (2nd). ·
1 over A5025 at Pentraeth (3rd). ·
1 over A5025 near the
Rhoscefnhir turning (5th). ·
1 over Mynydd y Garn (6th). ·
1 over Tregele (6th). |
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Herons, Egrets & allies: |
Great Bittern |
·
1 still booming at Valley
wetlands (1st). ·
2 still booming at Cors
Ddyga (2nd). |
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