As noted by Red, the combination of exceptionally high tide and strong E wind made for spectacular but challenging birding conditions at Ynyslas on Saturday morning. Seven of us walked along tide edge to the Leri (meeting Red and Peggy enroute), where a small flock of Mallard were joined by 4 Pintail and 5 Wigeon. The Skylarks flitting about overhead seemed to be literally "hanging around", waiting for the tide to fall enough for them to land on the saltmarsh. Highlight of the morning was a juvenile Black Tern that gave us a graceful flying display as it fed up and down the Leri, dipping down to pick insects off the water surface. The distant Lapwings and Golden Plovers were very flighty, probably spooked by the Peregrine we saw earlier over the Visitor Centre!
As a botanical aside, a colourful range of weedy plants on the spoil along the boatyard lane included an unidentified ragwort, that I later discovered from Arthur Chater's amazing Flora to be Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens. Apparently these spoil tips are the only site in the county for this South African species, that first turned up here in 1995 and is spreading rapidly. (Did it come in by boat? It looks too scruffy a plant to be a garden escape...)
We also found 3 large Parasol Mushrooms in a nearby field edge, which were later enjoyed for lunch!