Day out

 Highlights of a drive around

Ynys Las/Leri; Great Egret and GC Grebe

Glandyfi layby; Great Egret, 8 Goldeneye, 3 Green Sandpiper and a Marsh Harrier

fields near Ty Gwyn pools; 800 Golden Plovers, 400 Lapwings, 140 Fieldfares, 9 PF Geese

Pochard

 A male Pochard was present on Maes Llyn pool, Cors Caron at about 9am this morning. As well as Mallard/Teal/Wigeon I also saw pairs of Gadwall, Goosander and Tufted Duck. The female Goosander appeared to be displaying to the male. I couldn't find the Pintail but it began to rain heavily.

Little Egrets

 I noticed a few as I drove around today; 4 Henllan, 3 Lampeter, 1 Betws Bledrws.

Ynyslas

 The eight Brent Geese were still at the point at low tide as well as over c200 Golden Plover.   A few Pintail and a Greenshank outside the visitor centre and a Marsh Harrier by the boathouse. 

Thomas Simpson 

MAESLLYN POOL, CORS CARON

 Midday: One drake Pintail,  3 drake and 3 female Goosanders and 98 Wigeon.

Starling roost at Ynyslas

 With Dave and Sue Purdon yesterday afternoon to Cors Fochno to watch for harriers.   coming in to roost .  We tried a different viewpoint  - at the furthest end of the circular boardwalk near Ty Mawr - access from NRW's car park.   It was actually quite disappointing,  only one bird was seen which looked like a dark marsh harrier,  which came over from the east,  circled in a wide arc towards Borth and then returned inland and disappeared.   We were distracted by a large flock of starlings - probably roughly 8000 strong  which "murmurated " ( I hate that word ) above an area of the bog east of the railway line and above the River Leri.   As a viewpoint for watching the harrier roost it was not great as you tend to be looking into the sunset from there. 

Jerry Moore 

Aberaeron

 Single Med Gull (sports field, north beach car park) and Fulmar flying past. Four Goosanders were at Celtic Lakes, Temple Bar.

Talk by Molly Harvey

 Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales  North Ceredigion Lical Group. 

Monday 2 February 2026 7 pm.

"Of  Ponies, Paperwork and Pied Flycatchers -  the realities of wardening at RSPB Ynys-hir",  a talk by Molly Harvey  (Warden, RSPB Ynys-hir). Theatre C22,  Hugh Owen Building, Aberystwyrh University. 

All welcome.  Park at the Arts Centre  (free in the evenings).

Information supplied by Ian Scott

disturbing

 Didn't see too much at Llanrhystud; single Med Gull and 4 Little Egrets were the only highlights. A lot more was present at Ty Gwyn pools inc 27 Snipe and a pair of Shelducks. There were also large numbers of Lapwing 500 and Golden Plover 700. I was halfway through recounting these big flocks when a man in a white van pulled up and asked if I'd seen anything interesting, which of course I had, but now they had all flown off over the trees as he had inadvertently spooked them! I waited 10 minutes for them to return but 3 men with guns then appeared and stomped across the fields in front of me. Time to go home for coffee..........

sunny stroll

 A Great Egret was tucked into the corner of Pant Pool earlier, along with a Little Egret but not much else about. I was surprised to come across 14 Gadwall at Maes Llyn pool, where there was also a Tufted Duck, Goosander plus two Willow Tits near the car park.