Me and Jude Barbour headed out early yesterday morning to try and see the
Greenland White-fronted geese at Ynys-hir. We headed to Ynys feurig hide and on
arrival noticed the flock of white-fronts amongst the Canada’s. We counted 27,
but after a message from Tom Kistruck explaining there may be some Russian
white-fronts in the flock, I looked back at my photos and there appears to be 3
or 4 Russian white-fronts amongst the Greenlands. Other highlights from Ynys hir
included a fly over pink footed goose which we then relocated on Marian mawr
pools and then again on the saltmarsh. Along with a Marsh harrier, 5 bar-tailed
godwit, 189 curlew, drake red-breasted merganser, 3 goldeneye, 2 green
sandpipers and c5 gadwall.
After success at Ynys-hir we headed to ynyslas where
we saw 6 pale-bellied brents, a female goldeneye, 3 red-breasted merganser and a
female merlin. We continued through the day adding amongst others - tufted duck
at Nant yr Arian, a 2nd winter med gull in Aberystwyth harbour and a Chough at
tanybwlch which took our total up to 86 species for the day.
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| Pale-bellied Brent Geese |
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| Red-breasted Mergansers |
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| White-fronted Geese |
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| Pink-footed Goose |
Ewan Turner
