After about an hour, we decided to head off. Just as we were parking up we received news that a GLOSSY IBIS had been found on Anglesey. This was just too hard to resist as I, like several of the Clayheads have a soft spot for Anglesey (Forster's, Bridled & Sooty Tern, Green Heron, Isabelline Wheatear, Black Lark...the list goes on) and this was another rare to add to my list. We headed across North Wales and soon came to Anglesey. At the third attempt, we found the flooded fields south of Llyn Traffwll, just SE of the Valley RSPB reserve. On the first scan, there was no sign, and it looked like it was going to be one of those days again. A second, harder look revealed the 1w Glossy Ibis in the cattle field at the back of the flooded area. 
Just as I had phone Dag at Birdnet to update him, it was chased off by a Raven and flew off. I watched it drop behind a large hedge, and so we headed off. I spoke to another couple of birders who had just turned up, and we went in search of it, but there was only a farm behind the hedge. I drove down the lane a little bit further and saw three other birders hurrying down a lane. I jumped out of the car and ran after them to tell then where the Ibis had flown to, only to be told they had just received a call to say it was down this lane. How fast news travels these days! We walked down the lane and had better views of the Ibis. 
Flushed with success, we headed off on a whirlwind tour of Anglesey, stopping off at South Stack for the Chough, and check of the harbour and fish quay saw no BLACK GUILLEMOTS, but Beddmanarch Bay had Red-breasted Merganser and Grey Plover.
Above - two Chough in the grounds of the lighthouse - honest
South Stack - only 45hrs to travel from Ness Point in Suffolk (the furthest east point in Britain to South Stack)
