Ynyslas and Arfon at New Quay

Sea-watching for just a gannet or two at Borth; time to check waders at Ynyslas. At 8am there were over 1,000 dunlin, 580 ringed plover, 8 knot, 7 sanderling, 11 curlew sandpiper and 4 little stint. Desperate for some sea birds I was again at Borth for an hour at lunchtime but nothing flew past where I was looking, though 3 juv. Med. Gulls in a field at Ynyslas turn was nice. Again, at Borth after work for an hour with only 3 cormorants the reward. Giving up and home, cooking tea I get a text from Arfon Williams at New Quay: 2 leach's petrel, 1 balearic, 2 black tern, 3 arctic skua and a bonxie. It's just not fair. Just to make matters worse, I am now out of the county until 24th and I am convinced everyone will put in extra effort to find some nice birds while I am away. I just hope that some will stay.