I went up to North Wales yesterday wearing my Welsh Ornithological Society hat to have a meeting with staff of the BTO. Not much time for birding but I did scan an enormous Common Scoter gathering off Colwyn but alas they were too distant to make out Velvets or indeed the Surf Scoters which had been seen recently.
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Red Grouse - photo by Brian Brown |
This morning I did spend a couple of enjoyable hours (except for hearing England lose the Test Match against Sri Lanka) at Worlds End high up on the Denbigh moors. This is a splendid place for grouse species and I was not to be disappointed. A male Black Grouse flew across the road and three Red Grouse performed admirably. I also found my first Wheatear, Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer and Sand Martin of the year and most surprisingly a rather distant Great Grey Shrike.
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