garganey

(1) Garganey meat, "of a darker color", however of easy digestion such as that of the hen and the turkey, being, however, "of more substance", should never be consumed after eight to ten months, "to obtain a delicate meat".

Closer to home, on April 7, the same winds brought a male garganey to Kenfig Pool.

Garganeys are present in small numbers in September and February-March, but from an airplane they cannot be distinguished from common teals.

A Great White Egret was a good find at RSPB Valley Wetlands on Monday, while two Garganeys were at RSPB Malltraeth Marsh last week.

Highlights of the week have been two Hoopoes, at RSPB South Stack and on Bardsey, a Great White Egret at RSPB Malltraeth Marsh and a pair of Garganeys - our only summer migrant duck - in fields west of Holyhead.

Garganeys were at RSPB Conwy and Malltraeth Marsh, while a Black-necked Grebe remained in Bodfari Park Quarry, Afonwen.

Four Garganeys were on the Dwyryd estuary, while a Great White Egret remains on the shores of Llyn Tegid at Bala.

Garganeys were at Llyn Maelog and Penrhyndeudraeth while two Little Gulls were at Llyn Trawsfynydd.

Elsewhere, two garganeys are in a flooded field along the road to South Stack; others graced the new Llyn Fens near Nefyn and Aberdysynni's Broad Water.

Garganeys, our only summering duck, were at Greenfield and RSPB Malltraeth Marsh, and the first Wood Warbler was on Bardsey.

Ospreys were not the only migrants slow to arrive, but the last week has seen the first Swallow and Sand Martins at RSPB Conwy, along with a pair of Garganeys briefly and several Little Ringed Plovers too.