Today's Field Trip

This from Moira

Despite the inclement weather on Sunday, eight of us set out to birdwatch at Ynys-hir, with six continuing into the afternoon. We dodged many but definitely not all of the heavy showers and had some excellent sightings. We were temporally bemused at the sight of a great black-backed gull gliding down the river apparently standing upright on the surface of the water eating something at it's feet. it turned out to be standing on and eating a dead sheep floating just below the surface. they are enterprising birds.

Bird List

Barnacle goose,  black-headed gull, black-tailed godwit,  blackbird,  blue tit,  bullfinch,  buzzard,  Canada goose,  carrion crow,  chaffinch,  Chilean flamingo,  coal tit,  coot,  cormorant, curlew,  dunnock,  goldcrest, goldeneye,  goldfinch,  gooosander,  great black-backed gull,  great tit,  great spotted woodpecker, greenfinch,  greenshank,  grey heron,  greylag goose, herring gull,  jackdaw,  kingfisher,  lapwing,  little egret,  little grebe, long-tailed tit,  magpie,  mallard,  meadow pipit,  mistle thrush,  nuthatch,  oystercatcher,  pheasant,  pied wagtail,  red kite,  redwing,  redshank,  redpoll,  reed bunting,  robin,  ruddy shelduck,  shelduck,  shoveler,  siskin,  snipe,  song thrush,  starling,  stonechat,  treecreeper,  teal,  wigeon,  woodpigeon,  wren. Plus possible sighting of a Canada goose minima.