Sightings
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Machen
Tue 7th May 2024
Main sighting: Garden Warbler
A Garden Warbler heard and seen trees by the river. Sand Martin 20, not seen entering the newly installed nest boxes on the retaining wall.
bob.potter
South of Devauden
Mon 6th May 2024
Main sighting: Woodcock
Woodcock Roding; Nightjar churring (1); Snipe drumming (1); Tawny Owls calling (two males, one female).
Neville James
Ystrad Mynach
Mon 6th May 2024
Main sighting: Late Swift sighting
Late sighting record for May 1st around 16.45 hrs, single Swift over Ystrad Mynach. Also, May 4th around 10.45 hrs, Tawny Owl calling three times form a garden in Machen.
Mark Whitaker
Hoaldalbert near Grosmont
Mon 6th May 2024
Main sighting: Tree Pipit
Singing and displaying near lane, also Grey Wagtail on house roof, Linnet song and House Martins and Swallows finally present in numbers around breeding sites.
Andy Smith
Tumble, Blorange Mnt
Mon 6th May 2024
Main sighting: Cuckoo
A quick evening walk. 2 mail cuckoos first I’ve seen this year. Good numbers of linnets and meadow pipits and stonechats 1 kestrel and buzzard.
Chris Dyson
Deri, Abergavenny
Mon 6th May 2024
Main sighting: Pied Flycatcher
6 (5 male) Pied Flycatcher in the oak woods (pair prospecting nest hole) and similar number Redstart this afternoon (no Wood Warbler though perhaps too late in the day), Treecreeper nest building. On the open hill / ffridd, 2 male Whinchat and good numbers (well into double figures) of Tree Pipit, Skylark, Wiillow Warbler, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit. A few Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Cuckoo. Woodland edge: 3 Garden Warblers, 1 Redpoll.
Ruth Brown
St Mary's Vale and Rholben, Abergavenny
Sun 5th May 2024
Main sighting: Wood Warbler
Several territories of Wood Warbler, Tawny Owl, numerous Tree Creepers, Song Thrush and Mistle, many Gt Spotted Woodpeckers. Far too many Squirrels, and surprisingly 2 Roe Deer. On the Rholben ridge, Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Common Redstart, Skylark, Tree Pipit. I used to see Yellowhammer here.
Marcus Doolan
Blaenavon
Sun 5th May 2024
Main sighting: Grasshopper Warbler
Pair of Cuckoos and a pair of Grasshopper Warblers seen in the area above Garn Lakes over a 2 hr period early this morning.
Other sightings included: Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Crow, Magpie, Raven, Blackbird, Goldfinch, Canada Goose, Swallow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Wren, Herring Gull, Robin, Stonechat, Starling, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Grey Heron.
Mark Whitaker
Grosmont
Sat 4th May 2024
Main sighting: Swift
3 birds – first in the village this year. A few Swallows but haven’t seen a House Martin yet. Lesser Whitethroat singing about 2 miles SW of village a couple of days ago.
Verity Picken
Llangybi
Sat 4th May 2024
Main sighting: Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher in the garden this morning – my first of the year. Such a joy to have them back.
Neville James Davies
Goldcliff lagoons
Fri 3rd May 2024
Main sighting: Great White Egret
First hide visited only. En-route to hide – chiffchaffs, pheasant, collard dove, gt spotted woodpecker, 9 swallows, raven, reed warbler singing and lesser whitethroat. Hide – skylarks, Canada goose (goslings seen), mallards, 16 avocet, 3 oystercatchers, ls black-backed gulls harassing the avocets, coot, 8 male and 1 female teal, 6 gadwall, herring gulls, 8 redshanks, 2 lapwing, 1 shelduck, 231 black-tailed godwits, 2 lt egrets, greylags, linnets, magpie, blackbird, blackcap, fem marsh harrier, 5 mute swans, meadow pipits, pair stonechats, woodpigeons, moorhen, jackdaw, 5 sand martins and a buzzard.
Allan Dowson
Peterstone Gout
Fri 3rd May 2024
Main sighting: Whimbrel
11-Whimbrels and 3-Turnstones in BP.Otherwise pretty quiet.14h30-15h15