Cambrian Ornithological Society

Bird News

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December 2004

1^st : Slavonian Grebe and Great Northern Diver off Llanfairfechan promenade

November 2004

30^th : 2 Slavonian Grebe and Green Sandpiper at Aber Ogwen NR

29^th : Black Scoter still off Llanfairfechan promenade, + Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black Guillemots , 3 Great Northern Divers and 40 Red-throated Divers; Little Stint at Morfa Madryn

28^th : 2 Great Northern Divers past Great Orme

27^th : 3 Great Northern Divers off Llanfairfechan promenade

26^th: Bittern at Valley Lakes RSPB; Hen Harrier at Braint Estuary; 57 Pale-bellied Brent Geese and Great Northern Diver in Beddmanarch Bay; 3 Whooper Swans at South Stack RSPB

25^th : 2 Great Northern Divers off Llanfairfechan; one in Trearddur Bay.

24^th : Little Auk off Little Orme; 2 Waxwings at Plas Isaf, Llanrwst

22^th : 4 Waxwings still at Ffriddoedd Road, Bangor Bangor

20^th: 15 Waxwings at leisure centre off Ffriddoedd Road, Bangor; Slavonian Grebe and 33 Pale-bellied Brent Geese in Beddmanarch Bay

18^th : 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull at Beddmanarch Bay

16^th : 3 Twite at Glan-y-mor Elias, Llanfairfechan

14^th: 2 Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 21 Red-throated Diver and 1,800 Common Scoter off Llanfairfechan promenade; 3 Great Northern Divers,
16 Red-throated Divers and Slavonian Grebe off Penmaenmawr promenade; Hawfinch in churchyard at Caerhun

13^th: Slavonian Grebe off Llanfairfechan promenade; 81 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Braint estuary; 3 Jack Snipe and 139 Brent Geese at Foryd Bay; Snow Bunting at Soldiers' Point

12^th: 2 Hawfinch in Caerhun churchyard, 2 Common Sandpiper on River Conwy at Tal-y-cafn Bridge

10^th: juv. Pomarine Skua past Little Orme with 11 Eiders and 42 Red-throated Divers; 118 Brent Geese (light and dark bellied) in Menai Strait between Caernarvon and Foryd Bay.

8^th: 6 Waxwings 6 in St Gwynan's, Dwygyfylchi churchyard

7^th: Black Redstart, 3 Jack Snipe and Ruff at Morfa Madryn; Firecrest in a private garden at Craig-y-don, Llandudno, also at Conwy RSPB and Bardsey; 2 Snow Buntings at Dinas Dinlle.

6^th: Black Scoter still off Llanfairfechan; 5 Jack Snipe at Morfa Madryn

5^th :Ruddy Shelduck, 5 Greenshank, 60 Pale-bellied Brents and 10 Dark-bellied Brents in Foryd Bay

4^th: Little Auk past Point Lynas; Snow Bunting at Cemlyn; 18 Long-tailed Ducks past Breakwater CP, Holyhead, 6 Snow Buntings at Llanddwyn Island

3^rd : 3 Black-throated Divers and 16 Pale-bellied Brent Goose in Beddmanarch Bay

2^nd : 2 Snow Buntings at Cemlyn

1^st: Firecrest on Bardsey, with 7 Mediterranean Gulls and 31 Little Gull past; Black Scoter still off Llanfairfechan promenade, with 2 Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver and 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull; Firecrest at Conwy RSPB.
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October 2004

31^st October: Black Scoter off Llanfairfechan promenade, with Long-tailed Duck, Black-throated Diver and 8 Great Northern Diver; Little Bunting on Bardsey ; Richard's Pipit at Point Lynas; 3 Whooper Swans SW over Carmel Head with 6 Crossbill here.

30^th Yellow-browed Warbler at Valley Lakes RSPB, Black-necked Grebe at Llyn Coron, Cetti's Warbler at Llyn Maelog, 2 Waxwings over Conwy RSPB; 25 Chough on Little Orme, Firecrest on Great Orme; still Black Scoter off Llanfairfechan promenade; Sabine's Gull and 2 Firecrests on Bardsey.
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29^th: 2 Waxwings, Firecrest, male Ring Ouzel and 16 Blackcaps at Porth Meudwy

28^th: Lapland Bunting over South Stack RSPB

27^th: Great White Egret over Penmon Point; Pallas's Warbler, Firecest and Rose-coloured Starling on Bardsey

26^th: Little Bunting on Bardsey

25^th: 2 Pomarine Skuas past Dinas Dinlle; 4 Little Gulls off Morfa Bychan, with 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull at Llyn Bach, Porthmadog.

24^th: Wryneck behind the cemetery on Great Orme, also Snow Bunting here; 12 Twite at Morfa Madryn

23^rd: Waxwing and Yellow-browed Warbler on Bardsey with Cory's Shearwater, Sabine's Gull and Grey Phalarope past; Firecrest on Great Orme

16^th October: Lapland Bunting and 2 Snow Bunting on Great Orme; 16 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Foryd Bay, 10 Twite at Glan-y-mor Elias (Llanfairfechan).

15^th October: Snow Bunting at The Range

12^th October: Richard's Pipit, 2 Firecrests, Lapland Bunting, Jack Snipe on Bardsey

3^rd October: Pectoral Sandpiper still at Morfa Madryn with 3 Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff ; Jack Snipe at The Range

2^nd October: juvenile Sabine's Gull, off the Octel factory outflow, Amlwch

1^st October: juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, at Morfa Madryn ; 67 Little Egrets at Aber Ogwen with 5 Greenshank; Little Auk,past Bardsey Island, also 2 1stW Little Gull, 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, Great Skua and Storm Petrel.