A total of 65 species seen at Ynys-hir yesterday. Highlights being a lovely ringtail hen harrier seen from Ynys Feurig hide, followed by a female merlin which flew straight towards us and landed very briefly in a tree to the side of the hide. The hen harrier was seen again later in the day from Domen Las hide. Others included water rail, Cetti’s warbler, a few pintail, good numbers of curlew and barnacle geese along with an otter seen swimming up the estuary.
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Ewan Turner
Good to know that Ewan has got together with some other student birders and formed an ornithological society. Above is an account of their outing to RSPB Ynys-hir yesterday.