This afternoon Kev Joynes saw a pale-phase Arctic Skua at Ynyslas.
It could well be the same bird seen last Friday by Helen Herbert when it was briefly on South Beach at Aberystwyth before it flew off northwards.
On Sunday Bob and I had remarkable views of one at Borth. We were at the southern end when the skua flew low over the beach, from behind us, and settled just beyond the start of the wooden groynes. After a while it was chased off by Herring Gulls and instead of flying off out to sea or along the beach, we watched it heading north,low over the roof-tops and chimneys along Borth High Street. Quite possibly the best and most unusual views of an Arctic Skua that either of us had ever enjoyed.