Before our "super Strumble" (see below), the WeBS tour;-
Llys-y-fran Resr;-
1 Black-necked Grebe, 6 Great Ctd Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 10 Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard, 9 Wigeon, 40 Canadas the highlights
Rosebush Resr:-
6 Goldeneye, 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 10 Mallard, 10 Coot, 1 Water Rail.
Fishguard Outer Breakwater;-
2 Purple Sandpipers, 1 sp Guillemot the only WeBS birds of note, But unusual for the o/bw, 1 Skylark, 7 Song Thrushes, 1 Blackbird, 2 Dunnocks, 1 Chough.
Lower Town;-
The now resident winter Red-breasted Merganser (rh) & male Gadwall.
The Flagpoles;-
In addition to Ray's Wigeon, we saw 9 fly in earlier, 1 Teal, 5 Great Ctd Grebe, 1 Little Grebe.
Gulls, c60 Common Gulls, & c6-700 Black-headed Gulls were good counts.
Near both resrs & along the roads several groups of C. Snipe flying along, a couple of groups of 10 seen. Also 1 Woodcock nr. Llys-y-fran.
The G G Shrike was looked for at Ty-rhyg & Pantmaenog yesterday with no luck.
(Fishguard BG)
