Bath Birdwatcher

  This report is not the usual day or half day birding trip but a whole week in Anglesey but as it was with my brother and our wives bird spotting was not the main reason for the visit, but we did see 56 species during the week. We stayed in a small town called Benllec on the northeast coast where we had a distant view of the sea. When we arrived the first thing, we noticed was we had House Martins nesting under the eaves and Collared Doves were on the wires these two were ever-present. House Sparrow, Starling and Swallow were also seen as we surveyed our surroundings. The following day we stayed fairly local and visited some of the local villages including Moelfre which houses a lifeboat station and as we traveled, sometimes on foot or by car the species numbers began to build up Black Headed Gull, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Fulmar, Grey Wagtail, Herring Gull, Gannet, Robin, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Great Black Back Gull, Raven, Wood Pigeon, Magpie and Dunnock were all seen. After lu...