Ynys-hir and Ynyslas 4 Feb

Had a great day's birding today at Aber Prom (5 min only for purple sandpiper), Ynys Hir and Ynyslas with Arfon Williams, Andrew James, Gary Reynolds and Waine Foster. Purple sandpiper (Aber), mute swan, lapwing, golden plover, cormorant, curlew, buzzard, teal, shoveler, red breasted merganser, peregrine, shelduck, red kite, redshank, spotted redshank, little egret, great white egret, wigeon, mallard, carrion crow, robin, kestrel, Canada goose, GBB gull, common gull, herring gull, heron, oystercatcher, magpie, dunlin, treecreeper, goldcrest, blue tit, great tit, coal tit, blackbird, chaffinch, starling, wood pigeon, pheasant, moorhen, pied wagtail, fieldfare, redwing, brent goose, greenshank, sanderling, reed bunting and king eider. 50 in total for the day. Highlights were the purple sandpiper, spotted redshank and king eider.

Shane Jones