Black-necked Grebe, Yellow-legged Gulls

Newgale: a lot of activity on the nicely flooded marsh, with 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, c.200 Teal & c.60 Mallard. Plenty of snipe feeding in the open and generally flying about. A surprise on the sea was a group of 6 red-head Goosander - my first at this site if not the first? Also a Great Northern Diver and a distant group of around 6 Common Scoter.

Ty Rhyg: a Willow Tit called but no sign of GG Shrike or any Crossbills.

Coed Glynaeron: 2 Lesser Redpolls, again no Crossbills (but good cone crop).

Llys-y-fran Res: a Black-necked Grebe up near the hide (same bird as previous 3 winters?), 6+ Great-crested Grebes, 2 Goosander (red-head), 2 Grey Heron, 150 Canada Goose, 21 Coot, 10 Wigeon. Gull roost was slow to get going, but ended up with above average numbers of Black-headed Gulls (c.500), c.20 Common Gull, c.750 Herring Gull, but a poor showing of Lesser Black-backed (c.60 birds) and 1 Great Black-backed. 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad, 1stW) were picked out before the gloom descended before 4.30pm.

(Dave A & Paul G)