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Sightings

iain crawford

Redbrook

Mon 18th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Sparrowhawk

Female sparrowhawk and a buzzard soaring high over village pm

tony & jan jenkins

magor pill to redwick

Sun 17th Mar 2024

Main sighting: wader passage

High to ebb tide walk gave a small wader passage of 3 flocks of knot numbering from 12 to 50 birds, including 18 birds with 22 turnstone and single dunlin, several pairs of oystercatchers, 10 wigeon. Other birds of note inc little egret, raven, cettis, chiffchaff, long tailed tit and gsw.

Neville James Davies

Goldcliff Lagoons

Thu 14th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Chiffchaffs

En-route to hides – chaffinch, magpies, crows, wren, gt tits, blackbirds, pheasant, chiffchaff in full song, herring gulls, woodpigeons, cettis, ls black-backed gulls, light-morph buzzard, collard doves and gt spotted woodpecker. Hide one – Canada geese, pair of marsh harriers, 62 black-tailed godwits, 2 herons, 1 lt egret, 62 teal, 65 wigeon, 2 oystercatchers, 2 pairs lapwing, 56 avocet, 22 shoveler, skylarks, 23 redshanks, 4 coot, 14 gadwall, 2 swans, 24 greylags, mallards, 2 cormorants and a raven. En-route to hide 2 – 2 fieldfares, goldcrest, moorhen, 2nd chiffchaff, robin, 11 starlings with a single redwing mixed in. Hide two – stonechat pair, goldfinch and 2 snipe. En-route to platform – male reed bunting in full song. Snipe platform – long tailed duck, blue tits, 4 male and 4 female tufteds and 2 lt grebes. Hide three – 29 curlew (very high tide so the salt marsh was covered), 62 shelduck, 1 ringed plover, meadow pipits, pied wagtail and 2 more egrets.

tony & jan jenkins

fairoak

Wed 13th Mar 2024

Main sighting: siskin

Increasing numbers of siskins at the feeders with a flock of @ 60 birds in the area and at least 20 visiting the sunflower hearts at a time.
Also goshawk over devauden midday

Lee Parsons

Brynithel

Mon 11th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Willow Warbler

Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap!

Ruth Brown

Abergavenny garden

Sun 10th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Siskin

Amazed to count at least 25 Siskin round my feeders this morning.

Neville James

Goldcliff lagoons

Fri 8th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Colour ringed avocets

En-route to hides – crows, woodpigeons, magpies, pheasant, robin, Canada geese, herring gulls and 7 fieldfares. Hide one – mallards, skylarks, 183 black-tailed godwits, 60 avocet (2 colour ringed – upper left green / right leg YA and 2nd bird upper left H9), 29 redshanks, 31 teal, 68 wigeon, 2 lt egrets, 9 shoveler, 2 pairs lapwing, coot, male stonechat, spotted redshank, heron, male marsh harrier (1st or 2nd yr bird). Hide two – 1 cormorant, 3 snipe, 4 shelduck, greylags, wren and moorhen. Snipe platform – 5 male and 3 female tufteds. En-route to seawall – dunnock, gt and blue tits and cettis. Hide three – oystercatchers, 12 gadwall, goldfinch, 16 more shoveeler, 56 more teal, 42 more wigeon, female marsh harrier, long-tailed duck, starling and 2 gt black-backed gulls.

Neville James Davies

Gwent Levels

Thu 7th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Goldeneye

Numerous sites visited – BOAT LANE: jay, blue tits, gt tits, robin, jackdaws, moorhen, herring gulls, wren, crows, mallards, 6 wigeon, 2 skylarks displaying, magpies, long tailed tit, Canada geese, meadow pipits, cettis, 9 greylags, ls black-backed gulls, 1 cormorant, 2 herons, 3 curlew, 5 linnets, 2 female stonechats and a further pair later on, woodpigeons, fem marsh harrier, 2 stock doves, 2 redshanks, 2 snipe, 1 lapwing, 7 shelduck, 4 oystercatchers, 2 swans, chiffchaff contact call, song thrush, male kestrel, coot, house sparrows and chaffinches. SEAWALL: 1 lt egret, crows, magpies, 4 curlew, 41 wigeon, 8 turnstone, 5 oystercatchers, shelduck, cettis, 31 greylags sat in the field and a robin. GOLDCLIFF POINT: 19 more wigeon and 19 avocet. FIELDS (near Uskmouth) male kestrel, herring, ls black-backed and black headed gulls, blackbirds, woodpigeons, blue tit, song thrushes, jay, crows, chiffchaff feeding and 2 swans. FARMFIELD LANE: 2 males and 1 female goldeneye flying over. CHAPEL ROAD: approx 100 redwings and fieldfares feeding with around 30 starlings mixed in.

Nicholas Beswick

Dunlop Semtex Pond

Thu 7th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Great White Egret

Egret foraging along the edges of the pond throughout the time of my visit (12.15 – 12.30). Flew up twice, briefly landed on the floating island with a Cormorant before returning to the shoreline.

Nicholas Beswick

Goldcliff

Tue 5th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Spotted Redshank

Spotted Redshank seen from the first hide. Flock of 18 Avocets flew off to feed on the mudflats. Braved the quagmire to reach the seawall hide and was rewarded by good views of the long-staying female Long-tailed Duck which spent most of its time under water.

Mike Rees

Pwllmeyric

Mon 4th Mar 2024

Main sighting: Red Kite

Red kite flying east over fields west of Pwllmeyric at about 11:30am

Nicholas Beswick

Hafod Farm, Brynmawr

Thu 29th Feb 2024

Main sighting: Brambling

More evidence of the “hungry gap”: the first Brambling of the year visiting feeders, with record numbers of Siskins still around. Meanwhile, a Magpie was carrying a stick for its nest.

Next event

Mar
30
Sat
2024
9:00 am Outdoor meeting Mynydd Llangatwg.  @ Mynynedd Llangatog
Outdoor meeting Mynydd Llangatwg.  @ Mynynedd Llangatog
Mar 30 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Hill walk for  Wheatear and Red Grouse. Meet at SO221132 – parking area opposite Ty-yn-y-Coed