Week: Saturday 4th July - Friday 10th July 2026.

It was yet another exceptional week for Quail, with 11 birds across 4 sites.  July has already notched up 14 birds across 5 locations - quite unprecedented.

A Glossy Ibis flew over Talwrn, while a European Storm-petrel was seen but not caught during a night time ringing session.

Both Glossy Ibis and European Storm-petrel were new for the year and took the cumulative year list up to 201 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.  

Wildfowl:

Nothing of note reported.

Waders:

Redshank

4, at Traeth Dulas (7th).

Ruff

2, heard at Cors Ddyga (6th).

Seabirds and gulls:

Black Guillemot

1, offshore at Wylfa Head (6th).

Roseate Tern

Up to 2, at Cemlyn (2 on 10th, 2 on 5th, 1 on 8th).

European Storm-petrel

1, seen but not caught during a ringing session at Cemlyn (8th).

Manx Shearwater

c. 25, past Wylfa Head over 30 minutes (6th).

Grebes & Divers:

Nothing of note reported.

Herons, Egrets & allies:

Quail

Up to 3, at Cors Ddyga (3 on 7th, 1 on 5th).

1, calling at Talwrn (8th, 10th).

Up to 6, at barley fields between Cemlyn and Hen Borth (6 on 8th, 4 on 9th, 1 on 10th).

1, at Aberffraw (9th).

Glossy Ibis

1, flew west over Talwrn (5th).

Great Egret

1, at Cors Ddyga (6th).

1 at Tyn Llan pool, Cemlyn (10th).

Raptors:

Goshawk

1, at Presaddfed (7th).

Marsh Harrier

1, at Cors Ddyga (7th).

Red Kite

1, at Caergeiliog (7th).

1, at Cors Bodeilio (7th).

1, at Llangristiolus (8th).

1, at Llangaffo (9th).

Merlin

1, at Cemlyn (4th).

Passerines & others:

Cuckoo

1, juvenile at Cemlyn (9th-10th) - report of it being fed by a Dunnock (9th).

Swift

9, in off the sea at Wylfa Head (6th).

Hooded Crow

1, on fields at the entrance to The Range, South Stack (10th).

Grasshopper Warbler

1, at Cors Bodeilio (7th).

Siskin

Up to 3, male, female and juvenile at a garden feeder at Talwrn (3 on 8th & 10th, 2 on 6th - male and juvenile) - confirmation of local breeding.