Anglesey Day six

What a start to the day. A cloudy, drizzly morning but the puppy still needs his morning walk.  Within minutes the distinctive call of Chough filled the air. Three birds were in the field behind the cottage. For the next hour they fed unconcerned on a rocky outcrop in the field. The black dot in this phone picture is evidence - honest 😉 Better pictures to come when home with the computer...

Also about was a family of Stonechat fly-catching from fence lines, and 2 Green Sandpiper on the ditch. The now usual 2 Raven were still bossing the look-outs. A great birding start to the day.
A family day out tour of the island today so not much birding, but still some good birds seen. Little Egrets showed well at Malltraeth as well as numerous Raven over Newborough forest. On the Menai Straits mud were many Curlew, Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Redshank and Oystercatcher.

Red Wharf Bay hirundines suddenly alarm called as a Hobby blasted through, chasing several of them over the trees before heading inland. Just round the corner at Benllech, an evening beach stroll revealed a very interesting juvenile Gull. Walking around with an adult and juvenile Herring Gull it stood out with pale head and dark eye patch. The bill was also heavier and when in flight the rump was pure white against a solid black tail terminal band. It flew off south leaving the Herring Gull family behind. A very good candidate for Yellow-legged Gull.