Saturday, 12 December 2020

Snow Buntings at Llanrhystud

 

Had a day birding Ceredigion yesterday. Saw the following -
Snow Bunting (2) at Llanrhystud, feeding on the weedy field margin around the muck heaps, immediately North of the beach car park. A few Common Gull and Med Gulls on the fields adjacent.
Black Redstart on the old college, Aber.
50+ Common Scoter off the Ynyslas turn car park, with a few Gannet far out, very quiet here.
Ynyslas had 11 Grey Plover, 23 Knot and around 100 Dunlin by the Leri mouth, with 4 Red-breasted Mergansers there (2 pairs), Greenshank, 20+ Pintail with the Wigeon and a dozen or so Shelduck further up the Dyfi.
Finally, as it went dark on the Clettwr, a male Hen Harrier, well over 500 Lapwing and a lone Kestrel. A Dipper sang by the bridge.
A nice day out




Steve Jones, Richard Knight.