Our high tide watch was a great success with twenty people turning out
to
join Red at Ynys Las. There were no rarities seen but we had good
weather and
the chance to study the commoner waders in various
plumages. Among the birds
seen were Canada goose, cormorant, gannet,
little egret, oystercatcher,
ringed plover, dunlin, knot, sanderling,
turnstone, redshank, Mediterranean
gull, black-headed gull, herring
gull, Sandwich tern, swallow, wheatear,
jackdaw, crow, and house
sparrow.
It was great to see some new faces among
the group- I hope that they
enjoyed their morning out and look forward to
seeing them on many
future field trips.
Many thanks to Red, and to other
'old hands' who turned out, for all
the help and expertise.
Elaine
Izett