Tuesday 5 November 2024

Morfa Bychan and beyond

 Decent few days with a undoubted highlight of 70 plus Red-throated Diver off Ynyslas 


Morfa Bychan 31/10-4/11: Chough 3, Peregrine, Raven, 6 Stonechat. 
2nd: 30-40 Common Scoter offshore, 20+ Gannets and single Fieldfare.
4th: 31 Oystercatcher, 18 Turnstone, 13 Curlew

Llanon 2nd: 140 Lapwing, 55 Golden Plover, 21 Dunlin, 21 Turnstone, 20 Curlew, 5 Redshank and 2 Med Gulls

Ynyslas 3rd: A good start from the turn car park with 3 Red-throated Divers close in. That got better with a final count of 70+ probably about half a mile out. Two huge flocks of mainly Herring Gulls which must have been around the 1,500 mark. Several Gannets and over 100 Auks and 25 Common Scoter in an excellent half hour sea watch in the calm conditions 

Pete Hackett