Long time no post. The weather, jobs around the house and creating websites for others has prevented me from doing much birding since my last post in June, but now I'm back.
Last week we tried our hand at camping for the first time in a very long time. I chose Anglesey as I wanted to do some birding too, in spite of the fact that August is not a particularly good time for seeing birds. Here's a quick look at some of my photos from our three-day trip:
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| Little Egret at Malltraeth, Anglesey |
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| Little Egret at Malltraeth, Anglesey |
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| Little Egret hot-stepping at Malltraeth, Anglesey |
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| Little Egret at Malltraeth, Anglesey |
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| Little Egret at Malltraeth, Anglesey |
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| Little Egret at Malltraeth, Anglesey |
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| Ringed Plovers and a Turnstone in winter plumage on the Menai Straits |
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| Turnstone in summer plumage on the Menai Straits |
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| Turnstone in winter plumage on the Menai Straits |
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| Turnstone in summer plumage on the Menai Straits |
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| Eyes right! Three Turnstones in winter plumage on the Menai Straits |
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| Turnstones on the Menai Straits |
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| Female Chaffinch in Newborough Forest |
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| Male Chaffinch in Newborough Forest |
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| Female Chaffinch in Newborough Forest |
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| Male Chaffinch in Newborough Forest |
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| Cormorant having a stretch on the Menai Straits |
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| Two Cormorants on the Menai Straits |
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| Curlews (there were over 45 of them) at Cemlyn Bay |
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| Curlews and four Red-breasted Mergansers at Cemlyn Bay |
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| Solitary Fulmar on nest at South Stack |
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| Herring Gull on the rocks at Cemlyn Bay |
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| Great Tit in Newborough Forest |
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| Juvenile Greenfinch on a feeder in Newborough Forest |
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| Greenfiinch in Newborough Forest |
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| Greenfinch on feeder in Newborough Forest |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker in field next to campsite at Malltraeth |
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| Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at South Stack |
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| Kestrel Hovering at Cemlyn Bay |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull at South Stack |
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| Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls calling at South Stack |
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| There were around 100 Little Egrets and over 50 Oystercatchers at the Spinnies, Bangor |
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| Little Grebe at the Spinnies Nature Reserve, Bangor |
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| Little Grebe makes a speedy exit |
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| Little Grebe at the Spinnies Nature Reserve, Bangor |
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| Little Grebe at the Spinnies Nature Reserve, Bangor |
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| Two Little Grebes having a 'to-do' at the Spinnies |
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| Female Mallard at the Spinnies |
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| Male Mallard in eclipse at the Spinnies |
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| There were well over 100 Mute Swans who came in with the tide at the Spinnies, Bangor |
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| Two Mute Swans on the sea |
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| Oystercatcher at Malltraeth |
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| Hard to see, but over 40 Red-breasted Mergansers at the Spinnies, Bangor |
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| Ringed Plover on the Menai Straits |
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| Ringed Plover on the Menai Straits |
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| Juvenile Ringed Plover on the Menai Straits |
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| Juvenile Ringed Plover on the Menai Straits |
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| Two Ringed Plovers and four Turnstone rocks! |
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| Three Ringed Plovers on the Menai Straits |
Not great photos, but at least I've finally nailed the difference between Sand Martins, House Martins and Swallows in flight! No House Martins here today though.
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| Sand Martin over the campsite at Malltraeth |
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| Swallow over the campsite at Malltraeth |
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| Juvenile Swallow over the campsite at Malltraeth |
Phew! For the first time ever I've reached the limit on how many bird labels I can add to a post - there were a few more so I've just omitted some of the more common birds.
