Recent Birdwatching Trip to Anglesey 9th to 13th May

List of Best Birds seen and Locations.

Cemlyn Bay = Red Breasted Merganser, Gannet, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, Meadow Pipit, Linnet.

Carmel Head = Peregrine Falcon and Fulmar.

South Stack = Hooded Crow, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Skylark, Chough, Stonechat.

Valley Lakes = Pochard.

Cheshire Swan Study Group Report 2010 page 3

Number of Swans identified in Cheshire in 2010

Acre Dell Pools, Congleton  =  101.

Doddington Pool, Nantwich =    47.

Nantwich Boating Lake       =    46.

Redes Mere, Macclesfield   =    39.

River Dee, Chester             =      8.

Total in all Cheshire in 2010 = 336.

Cheshire Swan Study Group Report 2010 page 2. Crewe & Nantwich Breeding Results.

	Total Pairs	Total Pairs with Eggs	Total Cygnets Hatched	Total Cygnets Fledged	% Fledged
1999	26	19	57	40	70
2000	32	21	69	40	57
2001	36	16	60	34	56
2002	35	17	82	45	54
2003	27	15	48	33	66
2004	29	13	54	33	61
2005	24	19	74	38	51
2006	22	15	43	25	58
2007	23	15	30	16	53
2008	24	16	56	33	59
2009	26	15	41	25	61
2010	22	10	35	24	68

Cheshire Swan Study Group Report page 1.

RINGING INFORMATION  2010

MUTE SWANS	CYGNETS RINGED	SECOND YEARS	THIRD YEARS	ADULTS	TOTAL RINGED
CHESHIRE RINGING SITES
ACRE DELL POOLS, CONGLETON	1	8		11	20
CHESTER AREA	21	2		2	25
CREWE AREA	6			1	7
DODDINGTON POOL, NANTWICH		5	1	8	14
MACCLESFIELD AREA				1	1
MIDDLEWICH AREA	2	1		2	5
NANTWICH BOATING LAKE	5	4	2	3	14
NANTWICH AREA	31	12		4	47
NORTH CHESHIRE				3	3
RODE HEATH,SANDBACH	5	2		1	8
WHITCHURCH AREA	3			2	5
WINSFORD AREA					0
TOTALS =	74	34	3	38	149