Wednesday 23 January 2019

High tide at Ynys-hir

Ynys Feurig hide at high tide.
More  superb birding on the main flooded area in front of the hide. Highlights: 650 teal,  9 shoveler, 550 dunlin, 460 lapwing,220 redshank, 190 curlew, 7 black tailed godwit, 1 spotted redshank, 2 snipe. 76 pintail on the river. All the birds put up initially by 2 red kites, then by a female marsh harrier (Russell Jones was also there to enjoy the spectacle). 60 golden plover and approx. 200 more lapwing , and a distant kestrel and 2 red kites on the grazing marsh.


Dick Squires