Week: Saturday 15th August - Friday 21st August 2026.

Spotted Redshank was new for the year and there was a good supporting cast of other waders including early Knot and Wood & Green Sandpipers.
Spotted Redshank takes the cumulative year list to date up to 204 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.  

Wildfowl:

Mute Swan

39, at Llyn Llywenan (15th).

Mandarin Duck

1, at Llyn Llywenan (15th).

Gadwall

4, at Llyn Llywenan (15th).

Teal

6, at Llyn Llywenan (15th).

Waders:

Oystercatcher

326, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

Golden Plover

6+, on Tyn Llan fields, Cemlyn (16th).

Ringed Plover

21, at Traeth Dulas (16th).

Whimbrel

1, at Malltraeth cob pool (19th).

Curlew

62, at Traeth Dulas (17th).

39, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

Bar-tailed Godwit

7, at Cemlyn (16th).

4, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

Black-tailed Godwit

7, at the Cefni reservoir (19th).

Snipe

Up to 2, at Llyn Llywenan (2 on 15th, 1 on 18th).

7, at the Cefni reservoir (19th).

Common Sandpiper

1, at Valley tidal doors (21st).

Green Sandpiper

3, at the Cefni reservoir (19th).

Wood Sandpiper

1, at Malltraeth cob pool (19th).

Spotted Redshank

1, at Malltraeth cob pool (19th).

Redshank

28, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

Greenshank

Up to 4, at Llyn Llywenan (4 on 18th, 3 on 15th).

9, on the old brickworks pool at Traeth Dulas (17th).

14, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

1, at Malltraeth cob pool (19th).

Knot

2, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

2, at Malltraeth cob pool (19th - 20th).

Ruff

1, at the Cefni reservoir (19th).

Dunlin

22, at Traeth Dulas (16th).

13, at the Alaw estuary (18th).

50, at Malltraeth cob pool (20th).

Seabirds and gulls:

Sandwich Tern

c. 250, passed through Dulas Bay in c. 2 hrs (20th).

Grebes & Divers:

Little Grebe

8, at Llyn Llywenan (15th).

Herons, Egrets & allies:

Great Egret

2, at Llyn Alaw (15th).

1, at Llyn Llywenan (18th).

4, at the Cefni reservoir (19th).

Raptors:

Osprey

1, over the Inland Sea (15th).

Marsh Harrier

1, female type at Newborough Warren (18th).

1, at Llyn Llywenan (18th).

Red Kite

1, at Gadfa (15th).

1, at Llyn Llywenan (18th).

1, over Talwrn (20th).

Passerines & others:

Stock Dove

2, at Llyn Llywenan (15h).

Kingfisher

1, on a wire over inlet to the old brickworks pool at Traeth Dulas (17th).

Ring-necked Parakeet

1, at Fern Hill, Benllech (17th).

Hooded x Carrion Crow (hybrid)

1, at Amlwch Port near the former Octel site (17th).

Sedge Warbler

1, at Llyn Llywenan (15th).

Cetti’s Warbler

1, at Llyn Llywenan (18th).

Willow Warbler

5+, at Wylfa woods (18th).

Chiffchaff

7+, at Wylfa woods (18th).

Blackcap

4+, at Wylfa woods (18th).

Lesser Whitethroat

1, at Wylfa woods (19th).

Spotted Flycatcher

2+, at Wylfa woods (18th).

Siskin

3, at a garden feeder at Talwrn (19th).