Week: Saturday 13th May - Friday 19th June 2026.

While there were no new species for the year, there were nonetheless still a few scarce species to see including Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, Roseate Tern, Quail, Spoonbill and Hobby.
There were the first signs of the return passage of waders, with the first Greenshank and Common Sandpiper for a few weeks.  Added to which, there was an unseasonal record of a Pale-bellied Brent Goose on the Inland Sea - the bird was noted to fly strongly and it remains unclear why it should be with us in the middle of June.
The cumulative year list remains at 199 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.  

Wildfowl:

Pale-bellied Brent Goose

1, at the Inland Sea (14th-15th, 18th). 

Red-breasted Merganser

7, at Traeth Dulas (15th).

Goosander

1, flew over the Afon Cefni adjacent to Cors Ddyga (15th).

Garganey

1, drake at Cors Ddyga (18th).

Shoveler

1, duck at Cors Ddyga (16th).

Waders:

Little Ringed Plover

2, viewed from cycle track - on first scrape north of the A55, Cors Ddyga (16th).

Whimbrel

Up to 2, at the Alaw estuary (2 on 14th, 1 on 18th).

1, at Traeth Dulas (15th).

Bar-tailed Godwit

1, at Alaw estuary (18th).

Common Sandpiper

1, at the Alaw estuary (14th).

Greenshank

1, at Alaw estuary (18th).

Seabirds and gulls:

Black Guillemot

1, offshore at Cemlyn (14th).

Roseate Tern

1, at Cemlyn (15th-16th).

Mediterranean Gull

6, at the Inland Sea (15th).

Grebes & Divers:

Nothing of note.

Herons, Egrets & allies:

Quail

1, calling at Cors Ddyga (18th).

Spoonbill

2, at the Braint estuary (13th).

1, on a pool viewed from the cycle track c1km south of Cors Ddyga and also at times on the main scrapes off the path from the car park to the Afon Cefni (15th-19th).

Great Bittern

1, in flight at Cors Ddyga (18th).

Little Egret

7, at Traeth Dulas (17th).

Great Egret

2, in flight at Cors Ddyga (15th).

Raptors:

Osprey

1, over Cemlyn then flew west (15th).

Marsh Harrier

1, male in flight at Cors Ddyga (15th-16th).

Red Kite

1, over Talwrn (15th).

1, over B5111 near Dolmeinir meats (17th).

Hobby

1, at Cors Ddyga (15th).

Passerines & others:

Stock Dove

2, on recently seeded turf fields at Gadfa (13th, 15th).

Cetti’s Warbler

3, at Cors Ddyga (16th).

Siskin

1, male at a garden feeder at Talwrn (15th - 18th).