Newborough Warren
On our third day we wanted to look at Newborough Warren on Anglesey which had a good write-up in “Where To Watch Birds in Britain” by Simon Harrap and Nigel Redman. We drove to Maltraeth where we had some breakfast and a look around the estuary and Maltraeth Pool but there really wasn’t that much to see there and it was windy and wet so we decided to go on to Newborough Forest where we had a four mile walk. We intended to try to get to the estuary but there were extensive reed beds and the tide was out so the whole idea turned out to be at least mistimed of not misconceived. The forest is largely Corsican Pine and whilst you could hear some birdsong in the canopy, the canopy was so high up it was pretty much impossible to see anything. We did manage to spot a Willow Warbler and a Chaffinch and we did hear a Pheasant and a Chiffchaff.