A week of dashed hopes for Siberian vagrants filtering across from their landfall on the East coast - there is always next week!
A Green Woodpecker was seen and heard at Wylfa woods. Green Woodpecker was new for the year and takes the cumulative year list to date up to 213 (LISTS) - subject to the appropriate records being accepted by the British and Welsh Birds Rarity Committees as applicable.
Wildfowl:
Wigeon
60, at Red Wharf Bay - Pentraeth end (1st).
Teal
38, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
c. 75, at Red Wharf Bay - Pentraeth end (1st).
Waders:
Oystercatcher
223, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
1350, on shore by Penmon Pool (28th).
Grey Plover
4, at Traeth Dulas (26th).
1, at Cemlyn (28th).
Golden Plover
420, at Cemlyn (28th).
1, at Malltraeth cob (1st).
Ringed Plover
c. 50, on shore by Penmon Pool (28th).
Curlew
37, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
Up to 220, at Penmon pool (220 on 28th, 41 on 30th).
Bar-tailed Godwit
1, at Traeth Dulas (26th).
6, at Cemlyn (28th).
Black-tailed Godwit
Up to 22, at Llyn Cefni - Bodffordd end (22 on 26th, 15 on 28th).
Up to 2, at Valley Tidal Doors (2 on 2nd, 1 on 26th, 28th).
Snipe
10, at Traeth Dulas (30th).
1, at Malltraeth cob (1st).
Green Sandpiper
1, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
1, at Valley Tidal Doors (28th, 2nd).
Spotted Redshank
3, at Llyn Cefni - Bodffordd end (26th, 28th).
Redshank
13, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
20, at Penmon pool (28th).
50+, at Malltraeth cob (1st).
65, at Red Wharf Bay - Pentraeth end (1st).
Greenshank
9, at Traeth Dulas (26th).
13, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
Up to 5, at Malltraeth cob (5 on 1st, 1 on 28th).
1, at Valley Tidal Doors (29th).
1, at Hen Borth, near Cemlyn (1st).
3, at Red Wharf Bay - Pentraeth end (1st).
Turnstone
20, on shore by Penmon Pool (28th).
Knot
1, on shore by Penmon Pool (28th).
30, at Red Wharf Bay - Pentraeth end (1st).
Ruff
4, at Malltraeth cob (26th).
3, at Llyn Cefni - Bodffordd end (26th, 28th).
1, at Malltraeth cob (28th, 2nd).
Dunlin
2, at Llyn Cefni - Bodffordd end (26th).
20, on shore by Penmon Pool (28th).
50+, at Malltraeth cob (1st).
Purple Sandpiper
Up to 2, at Cemlyn (2 on 28th, 1 on 26th).
Seabirds and gulls:
Sandwich Tern
12, on shore by Penmon Pool (28th).
Little Gull
1, 1st winter off Porth Cwrwg, east of Traeth Lligwy (26th).
1, 1st winter at Beddmanarch Bay (28th).
1, at Red Wharf Bay (29th).
Mediterranean Gull
1, adult at Beddmanarch Bay (28th).
Manx Shearwater
1, on water at Penmon Point - just 15m out for 10 minutes, feeding in short flights on what were thought to be sand eels (28th).
Grebes & Divers:
Red-throated Diver
1, at Penmon Point (28th).
Herons, Egrets & allies:
Little Egret
Up to 15, at Penmon pool (15 on 30th, 14 on 28th).
Great Egret
3, at Llyn Cefni - Bodffordd end (26th).
1, at Valley Tidal Doors (29th).
1, at Llyn Padrig (28th).
Cattle Egret
4, to the west of A5025 - 2nd field on leaving Valley towards Llanfachraeth (28th).
Raptors:
Marsh Harrier
1. , male at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (1st).
Red Kite
1, over A5025 near the turnings for Red Wharf Bay - just south of Benllech (1st).
1, over Talwrn (1st).
Passerines & others:
Green Woodpecker
1, at Wylfa woods (28th).
Kingfisher
1, at the Alaw estuary (28th).
2, at Cemaes Bay - 1 at Afon Wygyr, 1 at Traeth Bach (30th).
Chough
17, at Cemlyn (28th).
Jay
2, over Octel, Amlwch Port (29th).
2, at Tyn Llan, Cemlyn (1st).
1, at Hen Borth, Cemlyn (1st).
16, over approach road to Cemlyn (1st).
Cetti’s Warbler
1, singing, at Valley Tidal Doors (26th).
Chiffchaff
1, singing, at Valley Tidal Doors (26th).
1, in sycamores outside of Octel, Amlwch Port (29th, 1st).
Blackcap
2, males, outside of Octel, Amlwch Port (1st).
Firecrest
1, heard at Wylfa woods (1st).
Northern Wheatear
1, at Cemlyn (28th).
Reports requiring submission to County Recorder - SteCul10@aol.com
Great Grey Shrike
1, reported at Porth Penrhyn, near Penmon Pool (29th).
