First steps in birdwatching on Anglesey
First steps in birdwatching on Anglesey with The Biggest Twitch
We met up with Chris, Wendy, Dave and Ailith and headed over to Anglesey for a day's guided birdwatching, the first time they had given it a go. First stop Beddmanarch Bay where we helped the team to get more familiar with using binoculars and telescopes.
A little extra height can really improve the view sometimes!
Ailith was keen to take some bird photos
Bar-tailed Godwit made a good introduction to wader identification
We moved on to South Stack RSPB reserve and took the spectacular walk along the cliffs.
The team soaking up the sunshine at South Stack
Chris enjoying views of a Stonechat perched on the top of a bush
The view of South Stack is even better in this glorious sunshine
This juvenile Chough landed right beside us so all of the team enjoyed a close-up view
Wendy admitted to having a soft spot for LBJs, as this Rock Pipit hopped up
Wendy taking a good look
Time to move on to Cemlyn and we walked out onto the shingle ridge to view the tern colony.
Even a nuclear power station can look quite attractive in the sunshine!
But the team was here to look at birds not buildings!
Smiles all round as we watch the Arctic, Common and Sandwich terns flying into and out of the colony at Cemlyn
We picked out a new wader pottering along the water's edge: a juvenile Ruff
Nice to see this scarce migrant on the North Wales coast
We walked out to the beach where we watched Manx Shearwaters passing just offshore
Watching birds is thirsty work, so we all really enjoyed the tea and cake that Wendy produced in 'The Blue Seagull' as their VW campervan is called!
Thanks to Chris, Wendy, Dave and Ailith for a fun day out on Anglesey, we always enjoy helping other people get as much pleasure as we do out of watching birds. Hope we can do so again soon!
If you'd like to enjoy some great birds this weekend, come along to RSPB Conwy on Sunday 12th August. We're going to be in the Tal-y-Fan hide from 10am to 4pm sharing the birds with everyone, so do come along and say hello and enjoy the birds with us!