Conwy

Conway Castle

After last week's being stuck at home I was wanting a proper day out, December's a time for catching up both with the year list and site visits so I thought I'd visit RSPB Conwy as I'd not got round to it so far this year and firecrests have been reported from there a few time over the past few days.

It was a nice day for a walk and a pleasant stroll down from Lllandudno Junction station. Plenty of redshanks, gulls and teal on the river, together with a handful of curlew. Good numbers of oystercatchers on the estuary but none on the river south of the railway line.

Conwy RSPB was a bit quiet birdwise. The mixed tit flocks were almost entirely blue tits and great tits, a chiffchaff was tagging along with one of them. Lots of robins begging for food along the paths. Ducks on the open water included mallard, teal, gadwall and a few tufted ducks, accompanied by rafts of coot and the occasional moorhen. There was an interesting looking domestic mallard having a kip alongside a little egret, mostly white with black markings and an odd black and washed-out blue speculum.

Domestic mallard and little egret

Sadly, no firecrests. But it was a nice day out all the same.