Two new additions to the year list with a female Mandarin Duck around RSPB Valley Wetlands and belated confirmation of breeding Long-eared Owl at a site in the NW of the island. Cumulative year list to date increases to 208.
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Swans, Geese &
Ducks: |
Mandarin
Duck |
· Female at Llyn Cerrig Bach (22nd)
and Valley Wetlands RSPB reserve (22nd – 23rd). |
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Common
Scoter |
· 16 flew past Fedw Fawr (23rd). |
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Waders: |
Green
Sandpiper |
· 1 on wet fields at Llanfachraeth
end of the Alaw estuary (23rd & 26th). |
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Common
Sandpiper |
· Up to 9 at Moel y Don (9 on 21st,
several on 22nd). · 1 at the Alaw estuary (23rd). · 2 at Traeth Dulas (24th). |
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Sanderling |
· 5 at Cemlyn (20th). · 3 at Beddmanarch Bay (24th). · 1 at the east end of the beach,
Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn (25th). |
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Dunlin |
· 27 at the Alaw estuary (23rd). |
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Turnstone |
· 14 at Moel y Don (22nd). · 18 on rocks off the Trwyn, Cemlyn
(23rd). |
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Ringed
Plover |
·
8 at the Alaw estuary (24th). |
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Lapwing |
·
Up to 15 at the Alaw estuary (15 on 25th, 3 on 26th). |
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Greenshank |
·
1 at Cemlyn (21st). ·
14
at the Alaw estuary (14 on 23rd, 6 on 26th). ·
2 at Traeth Dulas (24th). |
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Redshank |
·
4 at Moel y Don (22nd). ·
Up
to 14 at the Alaw estuary (14 on 26th, 6 on 23rd). |
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Bar-tailed
Godwit |
·
3 at Beddmanarch Bay (24th). |
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Black-tailed
Godwit |
· 5 at Malltraeth cob pool (25th). |
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Whimbrel |
· 1 at Moel y Don (21st). · 1 at the headland, Silver Bay,
Rhoscolyn (21st). · 3 at Beddmanarch Bay (24th) · 1 at the Alaw estuary (24th). · 2 at Traeth Dulas (24th). |
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Curlew |
·
Up
to 213 at the Alaw estuary (213 on 26th, 180 on 25th,
122 on 23rd). ·
166 at Beddmanarch Bay (24th). ·
150+ at Traeth Dulas (24th). |
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Oystercatcher |
·
Up
to 392 at the Alaw estuary (392 on 25th, 217 on 23rd, 208
on 26th, 135 on 24th). |
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Seabirds & gulls: |
Roseate
Tern |
·
Up to 2 at Cemlyn (2 on 21st, 1 on 25th 7 26th). |
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Little
Gull |
· Juvenile at Malltraeth (26th). |
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Mediterranean
Gull |
· 3 adults at Beddmanarch Bay (24th). |
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Puffin |
·
2 on
the sea at South Stack (24th). |
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Black Guillemot |
·
3 off
Benllech seafront (20th). ·
12 at Fedw
Fawr (23rd). |
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Divers & Grebes: |
No
records of note |
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Passerines & others: |
Stock
Dove |
·
2 flew over the Alaw estuary (25th). |
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Kingfisher |
·
2 at Traeth Dulas (24th). ·
1 at Llyn Cerrig Bach (25th). |
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Raptors: |
Long-eared Owl |
·
Juveniles heard calling
at a site in the NW of the island throughout early June, with adult seen on
the 12th June. |
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Osprey |
·
1 at the Cefni estuary, viewed from the Malltraeth cob (25th). |
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Red
Kite |
·
1 at Presaddfed (24th). |
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Herons, Egrets & allies: |
Great
Egret |
·
1
at Cors Ddyga (21st). ·
1
at the Alaw estuary (24th). |
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