It was a good week for Quail (5 birds), Roseate Tern (4 birds), while the return passage of waders continued to grow. An apparent over-summering Wigeon at Llyn Cefni was noteworthy, with the same site also producing a good summer count of Tufted Duck. There were no new additions to the year list, which remains at 199 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.
Wildfowl:
Mute Swan
53, at the Cefni reservoir (3rd).
Red-breasted Merganser
3, at Traeth Dulas (28th).
Tufted Duck
47, at the Cefni reservoir (3rd).
Pochard
1, at the Cefni reservoir (3rd).
Gadwall
c.6, at the Cefni reservoir (3rd).
Wigeon
1, drake at the Cefni reservoir (3rd).
Teal
7, chicks, at Cors Ddyga (1st).
Waders:
Oystercatcher
25, at Traeth Dulas (28th).
20, at Moel y Don (29th).
Golden Plover
1, at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (29th).
Ringed Plover
1, at Traeth Dulas (28th).
Whimbrel
1, at Cemlyn (28th).
Curlew
Up to 67, at Traeth Dulas (67 on 1st, 51 on 28th).
11, at Moel y Don (29th).
4, large chicks at Cors Ddyga (1st).
158, at the Alaw estuary (3rd).
Black-tailed Godwit
4, at Cors Ddyga (1st).
Common Sandpiper
4, at Moel y Don (29th).
1, at Traeth Dulas (1st).
3, at the Alaw estuary (2nd-3rd).
Green Sandpiper
2, at Cors Ddyga (29th).
2, at the Alaw estuary (3rd).
Redshank
1, on old brickworks pool, Traeth Dulas (1st).
13, at the Alaw estuary (3rd).
Greenshank
5, at the Alaw estuary (2nd-3rd).
Ruff
1, at Cors Ddyga (29th, 1st).
Seabirds and gulls:
Arctic Skua
1, off North Stack, Holyhead (27th).
Puffin
2, flew west past Cemlyn (28th).
Roseate Tern
Up to 4, at Cemlyn (4 on 2nd, 3 on 1st, 2 on 27th).
Grebes & Divers:
Nothing of note.
Herons, Egrets & allies:
Quail
1, at Cors Ddyga (1st - 3rd).
3, at the Alaw estuary (2nd-3rd).
1, at Talwrn (2nd).
Great Bittern
1, in flight at Cors Ddyga (1st).
Little Egret
11, at Traeth Dulas (1st).
Raptors:
Marsh Harrier
First report for the year of newly fledged birds at Cors Ddyga (29th).
Red Kite
1, one mile south of Benllech (28th).
1, over Gadfa (28th).
1, over Aberffraw dunes (30th).
1, over A55 near LlanfairPG (3rd).
Passerines & others:
Kingfisher
1, at the Cefni reservoir (3rd).
Lesser Whitethroat
1, at Gadfa (29th).
White Wagtail
1, at Cemlyn (28th).
Siskin
1, male at a garden feeder at Talwrn (2nd).
