Ynyslas

 300 plus Golden Plovers over the estuary a short time ago and 30   plus Wigeon at low tide with more flying in.

David Williams

Golden Plovers

100+ Golden Plover at Ynyslas point this morning on a rising tide.

Later, 6 lapwing &  18 Curlew behind caravan park, on Ynys Tachwedd fields.
And a single snipe within the park.

P.S.  Yesterday's Brent Geese were dark-bellied 

 David Williams

Brent Geese

 7 Brent geese near brickhouse, Ynyslas and a single Chough fly over the dunes.

Also about 50 Lapwing on sheep fields behind caravan park.
6 + Curlew also.

David Williams

Morfa Bychan and beyond

 Decent few days with a undoubted highlight of 70 plus Red-throated Diver off Ynyslas 

Morfa Bychan 31/10-4/11: Chough 3, Peregrine, Raven, 6 Stonechat. 

2nd: 30-40 Common Scoter offshore, 20+ Gannets and single Fieldfare.

4th: 31 Oystercatcher, 18 Turnstone, 13 Curlew

Llanon 2nd: 140 Lapwing, 55 Golden Plover, 21 Dunlin, 21 Turnstone, 20 Curlew, 5 Redshank and 2 Med Gulls

Ynyslas 3rd: A good start from the turn car park with 3 Red-throated Divers close in. That got better with a final count of 70+ probably about half a mile out. Two huge flocks of mainly Herring Gulls which must have been around the 1,500 mark. Several Gannets and over 100 Auks and 25 Common Scoter in an excellent half hour sea watch in the calm conditions 

Pete Hackett

For sale

 SPOTTING SCOPE FOR SALE.

I have a Minox MD 50 W spotting scope for sale. It has a 50mm lens and a 16-30 zoom lens. Very well designed and built, and very easily packed - it will even fit into a reasonable sized pocket. It's only been out of the house a few times and is in like new condition. I want £125.00 for it.

If you're interested contact me via roberthrelph@gmail.com   

More inland Choughs

 News from Chris of another seven Choughs, heading east over the Gettings' place near Llangwyryfon this morning, following the eight there on 19th Oct.

Dead calm

 Llansantffraed; 5 Little Egrets, 43 Turnstones, 14 Redshank, 6 Med Gulls.

Sunday morning tour

 Pant pool; 6 Little Grebes, 2 Coots

Cwm Berwyn; no sign of any Ring Ouzels as I was hoping and the valley seemed stripped of its berries. 500 Fieldfares passed through.

Cors Caron; Little Grebe 3, Coot 1, Wigeon 59, Redpoll 30, Willow Tit 1, Little Egret 1, Great Egret 1, Gadwall 6.

Autumnal Talybont

 Redwings, mistle thrush and blackbirds but no fieldfares in the poplar trees behind Talybont school this morning. Also heard a few times and briefly seen in the scrubby brambles - a firecrest. 

Dave Thomas 

Inland Choughs

 I have just seen three choughs feeding in the fields by the Pendam mountain road above Penrhiwnewydd. Judging by the colour of their bare parts and their squeaky voices they were all youngsters. One had colour rings on its right leg (I think...) but I couldn't get any details. The legs of the other two seemed bare so possibly not all from the same family? Are choughs still ringed in the nest

Jerry Moore