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Sightings

Ruth Brown

Pant-y-Goitre, R Usk

Sun 19th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Sand Martin

5 Sand Martins, probably moving through

Nicholas Beswick

Mynydd Llangatwg

Sun 19th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Wheatear

Spring has sprung! Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Stonechats and a Reed Bunting back on territories on the mountain. Count of 14 Wheatears, including three females. Red Kite, Kestrel and three Buzzards.

Mike and Jackie Pointon

Sluice Farm

Sun 19th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Red Kite

Red Kite in Sluice Farm area. Tide out birds far off at Peterstone Gout, Little Egret 4 Chiffchaff 3. Yesterday in Machen a Brimstone butterfly and a small Bat almost certainly a Pipistrelle.

Graham Agg

Trellech Common Woods

Sat 18th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff calling in woodland, also one calling on 19th March in garden off Manor Wood, The Narth – the first I’ve heard this year.

Hadyn Jones

Collister

Sat 18th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Pale -bellied Brent Goose

Pale-bellied Brent Goose among the Shelduck on Collister saltmarsh.Also my first Wheatear of the year at the Pill.A male.

Neville Davies

Goldcliff Lagoons

Sat 18th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Water Rail

Morning visit: En-route to hides – great tits, blue tits, magpies, herring gulls, greylag geese, blackbirds, crows, Canada geese, woodpigeons, goldfinches, cettis and throughout the reserve a total of 13 chiffchaffs (several in full song). Hide one – 25 redshanks, 1 spotted redshank, 4 lapwing, 31 shelduck, 8 gadwall, mallards, marsh harrier (fem), 2 pairs stonechats, goldcrest, wren, robins, and water vole on the way to hide 2. Hide two – 2 herons, 1 coot, 116 wigeon, 36 teal, 32 shoveler, ls black-backed gulls, meadow pipit, 3 cormorants, male kestrel, reed buntings and another pair of stonechats. Snipe platform – good count of 10 coot, 3 male and 1 fem tufteds and a black headed gull (full hood). Seawall – House sparrows, 11 curlew overhead and 14 more on the mudflats, 3 oystercatchers, 2 ringed plovers, 26 grey plovers and 15 dunlin. Hide three – 2 pairs of avocet (one ringed bird, red ring 64 upper right leg), 3 black-tailed godwits, 50 more wigeon, 2 more gadwall, another pair stonechats, 20 more redshank and 2 oystercatchers. Water rail heard calling.

Mark Stephen Foord Whitaker

Llangua

Fri 17th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Stonechat

Pair beside River Monnow (unexpected for this site). Also male Goosander, singing Chiffchaff, Kingfisher and Red-legged Partridge calls.

Hadyn Jones

Collister

Fri 17th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Red Kite

Red Kite flying through. Peregrine. Also mixed flock feeding of @80 Grey Plover,@50 Knot.

Allan Dowson

Peterstone Gout

Fri 17th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Wheatear

My first migrant of the year,1-male Wheatear.

Lee Parsons

Llanhilleth

Fri 17th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff in full song behind St Marks Church Llanhilleth

Graham Agg

Llanishen

Tue 14th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Curlew

Curlew flying overhead with distinctive call at 08.45 at junction of Pant Glas /Hygga on B4293 between Llanishen and Trellech – reported to me by Heather Richards (they regularly frequent her land in the summer)

Chris West

Oxbow

Tue 14th Mar 2023

Main sighting: Otter

In the last 3 days grey hare, otter, tree creeper, gswood, pair goosander buzzard, raven, crow, jackdaw, 20 canada geese, 50 gull

Next event

Apr
1
Mon
2024
9:00 am Change of Date:- Outdoor meeting... @ Mynynedd Llangatog
Change of Date:- Outdoor meeting... @ Mynynedd Llangatog
Apr 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Due to unforeseen circumstances the date of tis walk has had to be changed. It will now occur on Monday April 1st.[...]