West Mouse
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West Mouse (Template:Langx) is an islet lying Template:Convert off the north-west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Its maximum dimensions are Template:Convert, with an area of Template:Convert.
It is located in an area of notoriously strong tides. Because of this, at least three shipwrecks lie near it, making it a popular diving location. There is now a white beacon on the island which is used as a navigational aid if lined up with two other beacons, one on the Anglesey mainland and another on Coal Rock, an islet a mile and a half north. The area also host to species such as hornwrack, sea squirts and conger eels. The island is part of a set of three spread out along the north coast of Anglesey. The other two islands are Ynys Amlwch and Ynys Badrig.
The Welsh name Maen y Bugail translates into English as The Shepherd's Stone. This comes from a folklore tale in which a shepherd who was looking for his sheep was annoyed by a stone in his shoe. He took the stone out and threw it into the Irish Sea, the island arising at the place in which it landed.<ref name="Hughes">Hughes, Margaret, Anglesey from the Sea, pg 85, Carreg Gwalch, 2001, Template:ISBN</ref>