Grey Phalarope today

An enjoyable morning on the Ceredigion coast between Llanrhystud and Llansantffraid.  A fine adult Grey Phalarope was the highlight,  an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Common sandpiper, 2 Knot, 2 Sanderling,  Golden Plover,  160 Mediterranean Gulls, 32 Ringed Plover, Whimbrel,  24 Turnstone and the leucistic Oystercatcher that must be 20 years old by now. 

Layer at Morfa Bychan, 6 Red-throated Diver and 2 Kittiwake offshore while a flock of 28 Chough were on the hillside.

Marc Hughes 

Dave's Ruff

 Dave's ruff from below

Ruff and Goshawk

 3 of the Ruff were still at Ynyslas today, and I suspect the others were on Ynys Tachwedd.

I have seen a Goshawka few times now chasing the Starlings too.  Also small groups of Swallows heading south. 

David Williams 

Ynys-hir

 A good day on the reserve with 2 little stints  on the river with 35 dunlins, 5 black-tailed and 4 bar-tailed godwits, 3 greenshanks, 3 green sandpipers and 2 common sandpipers.  Yesterday there was a ruff at Ynys Feurig again and the marsh harrier was around as were about 900 teals. 

Dave Anning 

Ruff

 There were 5 Ruff amongst a large flocks of Black-headed Gulls on the flooded field within the caravan park at Ynyslas this afternoon. 

A large flocks of mixed gulls,  Oystercatcher and Ringed Plover out on the estuary on a rising tide. 

David Williams 

Plas Crug Kingfisher

 Sue Stevens tells me she had a Kingfisher in the stream at the school end of Plas Crug Avenue earlier this evening.

A good early date and a reminder that the avenue and ditch is worth a look at anytime, particularly during spells of hard weather 

Cors Caron

 Great Egret visible from Pont Einon a little while ago.

Mwnt and New Quay

 Seawatching totals from yesterday. 

7 - 11 Mwnt 

17  Arctic Skua

3. Bonxie 

1. Pomarine Skua

3. Sabine's Gull 

26. Common Scoter

1. Golden Plover 

6. Pinged Plover 

1. Bar-tailed Godwit 

12. Canada Goose 

23. Greylag Goose 

12 - 2  New Quay 

5. Arctic Skua 

1. Bonxie 

1. Leach's Petrel 

1. Sabine's Gull 

1. Common Scoter 

Brennig Hughes 

Aberaeron

 The Wryneck was still present at lunchtime (from 9th?) and despite the very blustery conditions was showing well for a few minutes (roughly level with the rugby posts). 28 Med Gulls were hunkered down in the fields out of the wind.

Drizzly

 A quick walk hereabouts before the rain set in yielded a Kingfisher along Afon Dulas (Betws Bledrws), maybe the first I've seen there in 20 years.