Bird watch.

Byline: with Alan Davies

AMAZING news this week with the discovery of a Hume's Warbler in Caernarfon. This tiny bird should have been in Northern India. It's barely bigger than our Goldcrest and is best identified by its wag tail -like call from the very similar plumaged Yellow Browed Warbler, rather more regular in the UK.

For this great rarity to be found by the cycle track at the back of the Safeway car park in Caernarfon in December was truly amazing -lets hope it manages to survive our winter.

At nearby Foryd Bay,meanwhile,a fine drake Long Tailed Duck showed off well and a good count of 130 Brent Geese was logged.

On the Dee Estuary a drake American Wigeon was on the salt marsh at Flint Castle,always a great place for some winter birdwatching. Inner Marsh Farm RSPB has a drake Green Winged Teal and a Glaucous Gull was on the adjacent Shotwick fields.

Snow Buntings continue to be seen at Pensarn beach but can be surprisingly elusive,but Waxwings have appeared again on the Wirral at West Kirby, at Everton cemetry and a single bird at Dolwyddelan.

The Winter Wildfowl Fun event that took place here at Conwy RSPB,led by Senior Showing People Birds Officer Becky Clews, was a great success. Birds seen included teal,little grebe -one came within feet of the hide; two drake red-breasted mergansers displaying for the attentions of a single female; ringed plover; dunlin; and two large flocks of lapwing.

The mince pies made by volunteer Julia went down a treat -along with the port and sherry!

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