Four day guided birdwatching tour in North Wales
Four-day guided birdwatching tour in North Wales
Our four-day guided birdwatching tour earlier this week proved to be a huge success! The variety of habitats within easy reach of our base in Llandudno provided a wonderful array of species with m
inimal driving required between sites, allowing maximum time for prolonged views of all the birds.
Great Orme in the sunshine
Keith, Mary and Sue all enjoyed the stunning scenery and were very impressed with the long list of birds that we were able to share with them. They also greatly appreciated the relaxed pace and each day were very surprised when we went through the checklist and found that we recorded over 80 species on each of the four days given the amount of time we took to enjoy each site and its speciality species.
Cemlyn Lagoon where we enjoyed Osprey, Merlin, Manx Shearwater and Mediterranean Gull amongst the hightlights here!
During the four days we explored everything from seacliffs, estuaries, lagoons, marshes, lakes, rivers, a variety of woodlands, moorlands and mountains. Not many places in the UK have this heady mix of habitats and birds all within a relatively small area. North Wales really is an ideal place for a birdwatching break at any time of year, and Llandudno is the ideal base for exploring this bird-rich area being just a few minutes off the A55 coast road, less than an hour from Manchester airport and the M6 motorway.
Dotterel on the Great Orme was voted bird of the trip by Keith, Mary and Sue, picture by Marc Hughes
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Black Grouse was voted a close second!
Just some of the highlight species included on this four-day tour in April 2013 included:
Red-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Manx Shearwater, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Osprey, Merlin, Peregrine, Red Grouse, Black Grouse, Little Ringed Plover, Dotterel, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Black Guillemot, Puffin, Rock Pipit, Dipper, Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Pied Flycatcher, Chough, Raven, and Hawfinch. Over 130 species recorded during the four days.