Birders are always birding, but noting a spring passage Arctic Skua whilst out surfing is probably something not all of us will get to do. Approximately 40 Common Terns are back at Cemlyn, with the first Arctic Terns being seen in the past few days. Swift should have been included in last week’s summary, with singles also being noted on a number of occasions this week. These four new additions to the year list takes the tally up to 184 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.
Wildfowl:
Garganey
2, drake and duck at Cors Ddyga (25th).
Gadwall
3, at Llyn Llywenan (29th).
Green-winged Teal
1, drake on scrape on the east side of the cycle track and south of the 2nd bridge, Cors Ddyga (26th).
Waders:
Golden Plover
1, flew over Cemlyn (25th).
2, on Tyn Llan fields, Cemlyn (29th).
Ringed Plover
Up to 17, at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn (17 on 1st, 15 on 30th).
Little Ringed Plover
1, around a pool on the seaward side of Tyn Llan lane, Cemlyn (26th).
Whimbrel
10, at Cemlyn (10 on 25th, 6 on 27th).
2, at Cors Ddyga (26th).
Up to 40+, at Llyn Llywenan (40+ on 28th, 13 on 29th, 7 on 1st).
6, at Wylfa Head (29th).
Bar-tailed Godwit
2, at Cemlyn (30th).
Black-tailed Godwit
12, at Malltraeth cob pool (28th, 30th).
Snipe
1, at Tyn Llan wet fields (27th).
Common Sandpiper
Up to 2, at Llyn Llywenan (2 on 1st, 1 on 28th & 29th).
1, at Valley tidal doors (30th).
Green Sandpiper
1, heard near the scrape on the east side of the cycle track and south of the 2nd bridge, Cors Ddyga (26th).
Wood Sandpiper
Up to 3, at Cors Ddyga (3 on 25th, 1 on 28th).
Greenshank
1, at Cemlyn (28th, 29th).
3, at Traeth Dulas (28th).
1, at Valley tidal doors (30th).
Turnstone
2, at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn (1st).
Knot
2, in winter plumage at Cemlyn (29th).
Ruff
1, at Malltraeth cob pool (30th).
Sanderling
2, at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn (1st).
Dunlin
Up to 12, at Silver Bay, Rhoscolyn (12 on 1st, 2 on 30th).
15, at Cemlyn (30th).
100, at Ynys Leurad, Inland Sea (30th).
25, at Malltraeth cob pool (30th).
Seabirds and gulls:
Arctic Skua
1, pale phase seen chasing terns off Rhosneigr - by a birder who was surfing (25th).
Arctic Tern
1, at Cemlyn (30th).
Common Tern
Up to 17+, at Cemlyn (17+ on 26th, 10+ on 25th) - up to 40 coming into roost.
Mediterranean Gull
Up to 15+, at Cemlyn (15+ on 30th, 13+ on 25th) - including a yellow darvic ringed bird A6HE - thought to be from Germany. It is understood that there may be up to 33 birds in the Cemlyn area.
Several, at Ynys Leurad, Inland Sea (30th).
Grebes & Divers:
Great Northern Diver
2, at Beddmanarch Bay (1st).
Herons, Egrets & allies:
Great Bittern
2, at Cors Ddyga (26th, 30th).
1, near Valley wetlands (28th, 29th, 30th).
Great Egret
2, at Cors Ddyga (26th, 30th).
Raptors:
Marsh Harrier
1, female at Llyn Llywenan (25th).
Up to 4, at Cors Ddyga (4 on 26th, 3 on 30th).
Red Kite
1, over Valley wetlands (27th).
2, at Llyn Llywenan (28th, 29th).
Passerines & others:
Cuckoo
1, belated report of a bird calling and photographed at Penrhos woods (20th).
1, at Cors Goch (1st).
Swift
1, over the flooded field NW of Pont Bulkeley bridge, Cors Ddyga (23rd).
1, over Llyn Penrhyn (28th).
1, over Llyn Llywenan (28th, 1st).
1, at Valley wetlands (30th).
1, at Cors Ddyga (30th).
Hooded Crow
1, on fields between Cemlyn and Hen Borth (26th).
Grasshopper Warbler
1, reeling at Tyn Llan pool, Cemlyn (27th).
1, at a marshy field between Cemaes Bay and Wylfa woods car park (29th).
1, at Valley wetlands (30th).
1, at Trearddur Bay (30th).
1, at Valley tidal doors (30th).
Garden Warbler
1, at Llyn Coron (28th).
Lesser Whitethroat
1, near the 2nd bridge at Cors Ddyga (25th).
1, north of Tregele (27th).
1, at Valley tidal doors (30th).
1, at Llyn Llywenan (1st).
Ring Ouzel
1, female in a horse paddock at Mynydd Bodafon (28th).
Black Redstart
1, reported at Nebo (26th).
Whinchat
1, at Tyn Llan fields, Cemlyn (28th-30th).
Northern Wheatear
1, at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (27th).
1, at Hen Borth beach, Cemlyn (27th).
2, at Wylfa Head (29th).
Yellow Wagtail - (not-identified, presumed flavissima)
1, heard calling over Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (30th).
Yellow Wagtail - (flavissima)
2, at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (26th).
White Wagtail
15, at Cemlyn (25th).
Siskin
4, at garden bird feeders at Talwrn (30th).
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