Chris Bird and Harry Pepper spent some time around the town although only the prom from the harbour to North Beach produced birds of note: 2 Coot were by the wooden land stage (possibly the only Coot at Aberystwyth since the 17 mentioned in Hywel's book, seen in the harbour during the harsh winter of early 1963), 5 Purple Sandpipers were present (the only number that Harry has noted recently), 18 Turnstones and 11 Ringed Plovers. The male Black Redstart with the silver ring was still about and we wondered if that was a new bird or has Tony Cross been up on the Old College roof with one of his butterfyly nets?!! A Little Grebe was in the Harbour.
(As for the gull at Llansantffraed, I did take some other pics of it, not so good but they were side-on views and, sadly, show it as a Black-headed.)