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The mant rafts of winter ducks are worth closer observation for possible rarities. The east end of the lake has a large phragmites reed bed that is very attractive to spring migrants and nesting water birds. The high mountains surrounding the lake are home to ravens and perigirines. In summer chough and merlin can be seen. The grassy slopes between lake and mountain have willow, gorse and hawthorn scrub and summer being very attractive to many passerine species. The River Dysynni flowing from the lake has a healthy population of dipper, kingfisher, common sandpiper and both saw-billed ducks breed along its course. Further west and only ten minutes drive from the hotel, rising from the valley bottom is Carig-y-Deryn. This magical rock is home to a huge land-locked cormorant rookery. The experience is positively primeval, standing below this massive outcrop with flights of these magnificent birds returning to feed their broods high up on its mute stained ledges. Chough and peregrine also share the rock. In winter forty choug Following the River Dysynni to its estuary you arrive at one of the finest winter sites in the area. The tidal pool inland of the sea defences boast vast numbers of waterfowl and waders, and the flood plain a favourite site for kite, merlin and peregrine falcon. The estuary mouth has some of the best sea watching to be found in Cardigan Bay. In winter all three divers, scoter and eider can be seen close inshore. At low tide the rocks shelter many waders. Autumn watching for passage migrants can be very rewarding at this point. In summer it is a superb sea-watching point for many shearwater, gannets and terns. The hotel will provide all that is necessary for the bird watcher to get the very most from their visit. Packed lunches, guides, boats if needed to get closer to the reed beds, and for energetic birders we provide mountain bikes.
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he vast diversity of habitat that surrounds Tynycornel Hotel offers the birdwatcher some of the most exciting birding to be found in Britain.
The 220 acre lake stretching eastwards from the hotel has become a sanctuary both summer and winter for large flocks of waterfowl. Grebes, both Great Crested and Little, are present all year sharing the huge fish bounty the water contains with cormorants and goosander.
h have been recorded here. Both summer and winter the valley is good for sightings of the red kite. It is also one of the best places to see the rare goshawk.