Thursday, 9 November 2017

Return of the King Eider

An atmospheric autumn morning at Ynyslas today. Plenty of bird species about but not in large numbers Of note were the king eider floating close to shore over the flooded car park; > 80 lapwing overhead; > 50 wigeon beyond the saltmarsh; a male merlin hunting over the saltmarsh and flushing a sizeable flock of starlings; solitary grey plover and blackwit.


Dave Thomas