Sightings
Laurence Fry
Field off Pentre Poeth Road Bassaleg
Sun 9th May 2021
Main sighting: Seen at 09.00 hours today
Bird similar in size to a blackbird of sleek appearance feeding at ground level in field adjacent to road
Yellow/orange breast with darker face marking. colour of body pigeon grey with lighter underwing shading
Neville Davies
Goldcliff Lagoons
Sat 8th May 2021
Main sighting: Wheatear
Afternoon visit, very wet, slight winds. Pheasant 1, chiffchaff 1 singing, cettis 1 calling and raven. Hide one – avocet, redshanks, 1 bar-tailed godwit and 1 black-tailed godwit, 2 oystercatchers and 1 heron. Hide two – swallows, pair of reed buntings, pair of linnets and 2 cormorants. Seawall – single wheatear only. Hide three – very little wader activity with only 9 dunlin and 11 ringed plovers together with a single little ringed plover mixed in (another one on the island). 5 gadwall, 7 more oystercatchers and 51 black-tailed godwits, 1 little egret, 3 skylarks, 8 mute swans, female pintail (no sign of a male), 1 swift and 50+ swallows aerial feeding over the third lagoon.
dr j a holmes
coed morgan vicinity
Sat 8th May 2021
Main sighting: yellow wagtail
solitary male yellow wagtail lingering
Cindy Howells
Goldcliff Lagoons
Fri 7th May 2021
Main sighting: Little Tern
Single Little Tern on Becs Lagoon, seen from the Sea Wall hide. Flew several times, returning to the same spot. Seen between 5.30 and 6.30pm.
Allan Dowson
monmouth
Fri 7th May 2021
Main sighting: Goosander
Goosander with 7-juveniles on the Monnow,also 1-Red Kite over,1m-Kingfisher also on the monnow river.13h630-16h00.
Jackie Pointon
Bedwas
Fri 7th May 2021
Main sighting: Hobby
Hobby over the garden this morning.
Keith Bradley
West of Brynygwenin and Llanwenarth.
Thu 6th May 2021
Main sighting: Curlews.
Curlews seen and heard
Mark Davies
St Marys Vale
Thu 6th May 2021
Main sighting: Whinchat
1st Whinchat at top of the vale . Also Redstarts , Pied Flycatchers , Tree Pipits , Willow Warblers , Treecreepers , Nuthatches and a single Yellowhammer
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Goldcliff Lagoons
Thu 6th May 2021
Main sighting: Spotted Flycatcher
Following the mornings Bearded Tit survey at Uskmouth where we saw Cuckoo, Reed Sedge and Cetti’s Warblers and seven singing Whitethroat.
At the lagoons: Spotted Flycatcher 1 Snow Goose 1 (very smart adult) Swift House and Sand Martin Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat.
Mark Davies
Abergavenny
Thu 6th May 2021
Main sighting: Swifts
First Swifts and House Martins have arrived with a mixed flock of 60+ over the house this morning
Blair Jones
Goldcliff Lagoons
Mon 3rd May 2021
Main sighting: Ruff Knots and Dunlins
Attended couple of hours either side of high tide.
Very windy and some heavy rain showers.
Notably a lot more Dunlins on the reserve that moved about in two flocks over Monks and Becs. The water levels are now very low on these lagoons.
Dunlins 300+ , 4 Knot, 2 x Ruff ( one of which is turning a spectacular white colour almost breeding plumage). Small flock of 30c Black Tailed Godwits. 4 x Oystercatchers, Ringed Plovers and Little Ringed Plovers present. Avocets on Monks and Becs and Lapwings. Plenty of Redshank.
The Carrion Crows are really targeting the breeders. I watched a single Carrion Crow work the mobbing waders on Monks for over 20 minutes despite being physically pecked by Lapwings in dive bomb attacks it came away with an egg ( Photo on Twitter).
Several Lesser Black backed Gulls also loitering and a Grey Heron. A flock of Whimbrel was seen by one of my birding friends. Wheatear continue to hang about the seawall.
tony & jan jenkins
Goldcliff
Mon 3rd May 2021
Main sighting: Marsh Harrier
Male marsh harrier seen flying from wetlands to lagoons at 1240hrs, also a few whimbrel at Goldcliff estuary, single cettis calling and sedge warbler heard.