Week: Saturday 24th May 2025 - Friday 30th May 2025.

An exceptionally quiet week, with no new additions to the year list which remains at 205 (LISTS). 

Swans, Geese and Ducks:

Pink-footed Goose

1, at Cors Ddyga (28th).

Red-breasted Merganser

6, at Traeth Dulas (27th).

Waders:

Common Ringed Plover

10, past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (28th).

Bar-tailed Godwit

2, at Cemlyn (24th-25th).

Black-tailed Godwit

1, at Cors Ddyga (28th).

Seabirds and gulls:

Roseate Tern

Up to 4, at Cemlyn (4 on 28th, 2 all other days).

3-4, on the Skerries off the north coast (28th).

Manx Shearwater

30, past Traeth yr Ora, near Lligwy over 15 minutes (29th).

364, past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (28th).

Kittiwake

36, past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (28th).

24, flying around the lagoon at Cemlyn was noteworthy (30th).

Gannet

14, past The Range over a 2hr seawatch (28th).

Divers & Grebes:

Nothing of note.

Passerines & others:

Northern Wheatear

1, at Soldier’s Point, Holyhead (28th).

Cuckoo

1, calling near Traeth Lligwy (30th).

Hooded Crow

1, on fields near the entrance to The Range, Holyhead (30th).

Raptors:

Osprey

1, flew north over Malltraeth (30th).

1, flew south over Cemlyn (30th).

Red Kite

1, over Talwrn (26th & 29th).

Herons, Egrets & allies:

Nothing of note.

Reports where submissions needed to County Recorder & WBRC:

Black Kite

1, reported over fields north of Bryngwran (29th).