Five new additions to the 2025 year list - Little Tern (2), Red-backed Shrike, Arctic Skua, Pectoral Sandpiper and Pomarine Skua. The year list is now up to 205 (LISTS). Bird of the week for many was what was widely considered to an Iberian Wagtail Motacilla flava iberiae. With only 7 previous records accepted to date by the British Birds Rarity Committee, this is a rare race of Western Yellow Wagtail for the UK. Both photos and audio appear supportive. It will be interesting to see how the record progresses. Various photos of the bird can be seen on the Bluesky feed - @angbirdnews.bsky.social
Swans, Geese and Ducks:
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
1, at the Inland Sea viewed from the Anchorage (20th).
Pink-footed Goose
1, at Cors Ddyga (19th-21st).
Wigeon
1, drake at Cors Ddyga (20th).
1, drake at Cemlyn (22nd).
Eider
1, from a boat trip around Puffin Island (22nd).
Waders:
Pectoral Sandpiper
1, at Cors Ddyga (20th-23rd).
Little Stint
Up to 3, at the Alaw estuary (3 on 17th, 1 on 18th & 19th).
Curlew Sandpiper
Up to 2, at the Alaw estuary (2 on the 20th & 21st, 1 on 17th).
Sanderling
12, at the Alaw estuary (18th).
Dunlin
16, at Cemlyn (20th).
68, at the Alaw estuary (23rd).
Little Ringed Plover
1, at Cors Ddyga (21st).
Common Ringed Plover
13, at Traeth Dulas (22nd).
93, at the Alaw estuary (23rd).
Bar-tailed Godwit
4, at Cemlyn (22nd).
Black-tailed Godwit
1, at Cors Ddyga (20th-21st).
Oystercatcher
23, at Traeth Dulas (22nd).
3 pairs counted in clutch count at Cemlyn (23rd).
Whimbrel
3, at Llyn Llywenan (18th).
1, at the Alaw estuary (23rd).
Seabirds and gulls:
Little Tern
1, bearing an Irish darvic colour ring was at Cemlyn (17th). Subsequent enquiries showed that it had been ringed as a chick at Kilcoole in 2023, seen at Portrane in north Dublin in the summer of 2023, but hadn’t been seen again prior to the sighting at Cemlyn.
1, unringed bird at Cemlyn (21st-22nd).
Arctic Skua
1, chasing terns offshore at Cemlyn (19h).
Pomarine Skua
1, adult summer plumage with full ‘spoons’ flew north past The Range, Holyhead (22nd).
Roseate Tern
2, pair at Cemlyn (17th-23rd).
Sandwich Tern
87 pairs counted at the recently established Inland Sea colony (during the week).
2167 pairs counted in clutch count at Cemlyn (23rd).
Commic (Common or Arctic) Tern
291 pairs counted in clutch count at Cemlyn (23rd).
Mediterranean Gull
Up to 6 at Cemlyn (6 on 18th, 3 on 20th, 2 on 22nd).
2 pairs counted in clutch count at Cemlyn (23rd).
Black-headed Gull
200 pairs counted in clutch count at Cemlyn (23rd).
Puffin
3, at South Stack (20th).
10+, from a boat trip around Puffin Island (22nd).
Black Guillemot
Up to 2, in the bay at Cemlyn (2 on 20th, 1 on 22nd).
Manx Shearwater
58, past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (22nd).
Kittiwake
51, past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (22nd).
Divers & Grebes:
Nothing of note.
Passerines & others:
Yellow Wagtail
1, male at Traeth Penial, Llanfwrog (18th-19th) - believed to be Iberian Wagtail (M.f.iberiae).
1, female M.f.flavissima, Llanfwrog (20th).
1, blue-headed M.f.flava at Tyn Llan fields (21st).
Red-backed Shrike
1, male at Llangefni marshes (19th).
Spotted Flycatcher
1, at South Stack (20th).
1, at Hen Borth (23rd).
Garden Warbler
1, at Newborough Forest (17th & 18th).
Grasshopper Warbler
1, at Cors y farl, Talwrn (18th).
Cuckoo
1, at Parys mountain (17th).
1, at Cors Goch (17th).
1, at Mynydd Bodafon (18th).
1, at Cors Erddreiniog (19th).
1, at Cors Ddyga (19th).
1, at Llanfihangel (20th).
Northern Wheatear
4, at South Stack (20th).
Red Crossbill
4, at Newborough Forest (20th).
Raptors:
Red Kite
1, at Llyn Llywenan (18th).
1, at Carmel Head (21st).
1, at Llanfairynghornwy (21st).
Marsh Harrier
1, male at Cors Ddyga (19th).
2, at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (23rd).
Herons, Egrets & allies:
White Stork
1, belated report of one photographed at the Ucheldre area, Holyhead (8th May).
Spoonbill
1, at Malltraeth cob pool (17th-19th), then presumably the same at Cors Ddyga (20th-22nd).
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