Sightings
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Goldcliff Lagoons
Wed 28th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Curlew Sandpiper
Our visit with Alan Rosney. A nice selection of waders at the lagoons today including: Curlew Sandpiper 2 one transitional WP-BP and another in pristine winter plumage Ruff 2 Little Stint 1 Snipe 1 Greenshank 1 Ringed plover 12 Whimbrel 8 Sanderling 3. Also Swift 1 House Martin 10 Swallow 30Sand Martin 4 Lesser Whitethroat Whitethroat Reed Warbler Cetti’s Warbler Wheatear 1 and Linnet 2. Nice to meet up with some regular birding visitors too.
Neville Davies
Maesycymmer
Wed 28th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Common Swift
Single swift flying over. My second in a week now so hopefully some more are pushing through?
Mark Davies
The Blorenge
Tue 27th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Whimbrel
A Whimbrel near Keepers Pond this morning
Iain Crawford
Usk Valley walk, Bryn area
Tue 27th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Oystercatcher
2 oystercatcher, 2 common sandpiper, 11 goosander 6 m 5f, 200 sand Martins, green woodpecker, 2 collared doves, 2 goldfinch, 2 grey herons, 2 little egrets, a yellow wagtail
David Hathaway
Crumblands wood
Tue 27th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Cuckoo
Cuckoo calling in woods,lots of song thrushes singing and GS woodpecker’s drumming
Christopher Reading
Rogerstone
Mon 26th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Redwing
A solitary Redwing rooting in the mud in a shallow part of the canal at Rogerstone.
Allan Dowson
St Davids Vale
Mon 26th Apr 2021
Main sighting: redstart
Had a good day at this beautiful location,despite a cold wind.Pied Flycatcher male,Tree Pipit heard and seen,3-Redstarts 2m 1f,Cuckoo calling from across the valley,a Wood Warbler heard trilling but i couldn’t locate it,Garden Warbler and Willow Warblers heard singing.Several Nuthatches and good numbers of Blue and Great Tits.
Ed Stevens
Caldicot pill
Mon 26th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Cuckoo
Cuckoo seen perched on driftwood far eastern end of caldicot pill.
Graham Agg
Trellech Common Woods
Mon 26th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Wood Warbler
Woodwarbler singing near Maryland car park – the first I’ve heard this year.
Jon Austin Holmes
coed morgan
Sun 25th Apr 2021
Main sighting: swifts
3 swifts heading north at a rate of knots (pardon the pun)
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Machen
Sun 25th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Swift
A single Swift over Machen this morning is our earliest inland record. Sand Martin 8 near breeding site. Several Blackcaps and a few Willow Warblers Linnet 4 and Bullfinch 4.
Nick Saunders
Tintern
Sat 24th Apr 2021
Main sighting: Greenfinch
At last a singing male Greenfinch in the the garden, sad this is now unusual.