Week: Saturday 10th May 2025 - Friday 16th May 2025.

A pair of Roseate Terns, a Grey Partridge and a Black Stork took the 2025 year list up to 200 (LISTS).  Reports of Montagu’s Harrier, Golden Oriole and Black Kite require engagement with the County Recorder and submission to the Welsh Birds Rarity Committee.  Neither Montagu’s Harrier nor Golden Oriole will be added to the year list for the time being.

Swans, Geese and Ducks:

Russian White-fronted Goose

1, at RSPB Cors Ddyga (13th).

Pink-footed Goose

1, at Cors Ddyga (12th, 13th).

Common Scoter

2, past The Range over a 1hr seawatch from (14th).

Red-breasted Merganser

3, at Traeth Dulas (3 on 12th).

Waders:

Knot

1, at Cemlyn (6th).

Sanderling

Up to 8, at Cemlyn (8 on 11th, 2 on 16th).

9, at the Alaw estuary (12th).

Dunlin

Up to 22, at Cemlyn (22 on 11th, 3 on 16th).

271, at the Alaw estuary (12th).

Common Ringed Plover

Up to 40, at Cemlyn (40 on 10th, 13 on 11th).

Up to 288, at the Alaw estuary (288 on 12th, 8 on 15th).

Turnstone

17, at Cemlyn (11th).

Ruff

1, on the main island at Cemlyn (13th, 15th).

Greenshank

1, at Traeth Dulas (12th).

Black-tailed Godwit

1, at Cemlyn (13th).

Oystercatcher

98, at the Alaw estuary (15th).

Whimbrel

3, at Cemlyn (11th).

1, at Traeth Dulas (12th).

7, at the Alaw estuary (12th).

3, at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (13th).

Seabirds and gulls:

Roseate Tern

2, pair at Cemlyn (15th, 16th).

Little Gull

1, 2nd calendar year at Cemlyn (10th-11th).

Kittiwake

70, past The Range over a 1hr seawatch from (14th).

Manx Shearwater

474, past The Range over a 1hr seawatch from (14th).

Gannet

25, past The Range over a 1hr seawatch from (14th).

Divers & Grebes:

Nothing of note.

Passerines & others:

Yellow Wagtail

3, at Tyn Llan fields - Blue-headed M.f.flava, an integrade ((possibly (M.f.flava x M.f.flavissima) x (M.f.flavissima) and British M.f.flavissima (10th).

1, at South Stack (11th).

1, at Cors Ddyga (11th)

1, flew over the warden’s cottage, Cemlyn (12th).

3, at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (13th).

Tree Pipit

1, near Felin Gadfan, Cemlyn (11th).

1, at South Stack (11th).

1, at Carmel Head (14th).

Spotted Flycatcher

1, near Llanfairynghornwy (11th).

1, near Felin Gadfan, Cemlyn (11th & 12th).

4, at South Stack (11th).

Up to 9, between Hen Borth & Cemlyn (9 on 13th, 2 on 12th).

2, at Carmel Head (14th).

1, at Soldier’s Point, Holyhead (15th).

3, at Holyhead Breakwater Country Park (15th).

Reed Warbler

1, singing in the reedbed at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (10th, 13th).

1, at Cemlyn (13th).

Lesser Whitethroat

1, at the Alaw estuary (13th).

Cetti’s Warbler

1, at Cors Erddreiniog (14th).

Cuckoo

1, at Brynteg (12th).

1, at Aberffraw (15th).

1, at Cemlyn (16th).

Hooded Crow

1, on the shore between Tyn Llan beach and the Trwyn, Cemlyn (11th).

1, on fields at the entrance to The Range (12th, 13th, 16th).

Raptors:

Osprey

1, at Cemlyn (10th, 11th, 16th).

Up to 2, at Llyn Coron (2 on 10th, 1 on 12th).

1, at the Inland Sea (15th).

Marsh Harrier

1, female at Cemlyn (14th).

1, at Carmel Head (14th).

Herons, Egrets & allies:

Black Stork

1, photographed over North Stack, Holyhead (16th).

Spoonbill

1, at Malltraeth cob pool (16th).

Cattle Egret

1, at Cors Ddyga (12th, 13th).

Grey Partridge

1, heard calling from the footpath from Dwyran to the stepping stones at the Afon Braint (16th).

Reports where submissions needed to County Recorder & WBRC:

Montagu’s Harrier

1, ringtail reported flying in off the sea at Rhoscolyn (11th).

Black Kite

1, reported over Holyhead Breakwater Country Park (13th).

Golden Oriole

1, female or 1st summer male reported at Rhoscolyn (13th).