Despite thy early start and the nip in the air 18 of us turned up at the Ynyslas turn car park this morning. Thanks to Mervyn Lloyd who led us on a walk along the Leri and to Moira who kept tabs on what we saw -
Up to the pill box.
Stonechat, wren, chaffinch, kestrel, house sparrow, dunnock, golden plover, herring gull, Canada geese, mallard, wigeon, meadow pipit, shelduck 58, oystercatchers 583, redshank 20, curlew 120, heron, little egret 4, mute swan 4, pintail 63,. snipe,, jackdaw. We didn’t get a count for every species because the light was very poor but Golden plover and Canada geese, lots and lots. (plus Skylark.)
Sea at Ynyslas Turn.
Red-throated diver, cormorant, 1 late sandwich tern, common scoter, gannet, great black-backed gull and Russell saw lots of auks before we arrived.
