Fourteen of us set off from the beach car park at Ynyslas, led by Red, on what turned out to be an excellent morning's birding.
Two Grey Plover gave us a good start, followed by two Whooper Swans which appeared from the estuary and continued inland. Lots of Curlews, prob 100 plus and more than usual Little Egrets around. Also a mobile flock of ca150 Golden Plover.
Past the boatyard and over the Leri and then we walked along the riverbank towards the pillbox.
From the masses of Wigeon and Oystercatchers we picked out a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers, the first of some 300 Pintail and then 14 Brent Geese, eight pale-bellied and six dark-bellied.
The walk back gave us an unexpected treat in the form of a Greenshank,
It was fairly cold, with a high thin cloud cover and just a breeze; ideal birding conditions, and just as we got back a light rain began to fall.
Bird list, in order of appearance. Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Carrion Crow, Redshank, Cormorant, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Grey Plover, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Whooper Swan, Canada Goose, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Snipe, Linnet, Teal, Robin, Dunnock, Red Kite, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Magpie, House Sparrow, Little Grebe, Mallard, Pied Wagtail, Starling, Jackdaw, Pheasant, Reed Bunting, Red-breasted Merganser, Brent Goose, Pintail, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, Greenshank, Dunlin.
P.S.
After the walk Bob and I went along to Cors Dyfi, where we enjoyed great close-range flight views of the Bittern.
I know I'm a hypocrite after what I wrote on Thursday, but we didn't half enjoy that Bittern.