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Sightings

Neville Davies

Goldcliff Lagoons

Sat 24th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Pochard and highest count of lapwing

Crows, starlings, robins, blackbirds, woodpigeons, magpies, blue tit, song thrush, 1 heron in the reen and 1 little egret feeding in the adjacent field. Hide one – highest count of lapwing for me here with 815 on the island, 21 shelduck, female kestrel, 146 widgeon, 26 teal, lesser black-backed gulls, greylag and Canada geese, pied wagtail and 11 shoveler. Hide two – 2nd heron, meadow pipits, mallards, dunnocks, wrens, 1 snipe, fem marsh harrier and 1 cormorant. Snipe platform – 5 gadwall, 2 pairs of tufteds with a pochard mixed in, raven, common gull over and a single redwing over. Seawall – house sparrows, 1 stock dove, female stonechat, 2 redshanks, 21 curlew only, black headed gulls, buzzard, 46 grey plovers, 106 dunlin, gt black-backed gull, oystercatchers, goldfinches, chaffinch and a male kestrel plucking a small bird on the fence post.

Anthony

Main hide

Tue 20th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Bittern and otters

Manage to spot 2 bitterns in flight on a 3 occasions , one really close encounter as it flew towards the hide perfectly lit in the sun , just gutted didn’t have my camera. Also sightings of adult otter in front of the hide fishing in the shallows .

Hugh James

RSPB Newport

Tue 20th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Bittern

In flight at pylon wires height over reedbeds, around 2 pm.

iain crawford

Skenfrith to Tregate

Sun 18th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Fieldfares

150 fieldfares, a red kite, 3 buzzards, 5 song thrushes, raven, 2 longtailed tits, 15 meadow pipits, cormorant, fem bullfinch and a jay.

Verity Picken

River south of Usk

Sat 17th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Whooper Swan

A single Whooper Swan was with a flock of 22 Mutes feeding in pasture; the carcass of a nearby dead Mute Swan was mostly eaten away. Two Wigeon were the first I’ve seen here. Also 5 Goldeneye, 10+ Mandarin, 4 Goosander and a single Little Grebe.

Ed Stevens

Caldicot pill

Sat 17th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Pintail

Caldicot pill over high tide. Pintail 129, black tailed godwit 32, dunlin 3000 to 4000, curlew 190, shelduck 314, oystercatcher 54, shovler 3, grey plover 39, teal 3 and turnstone 150+

Mark Davies

River Usk Abergavenny

Fri 16th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Little Owl

2 Little Owls in barn at Llanwenarth today . Also 1 Snipe on the riverbank plus 2 flyovers and 2 Lapwing

Allan Dowson

Magor Marsh

Fri 16th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Chiffchaff

3-Chiffchaffs,3-Common Gulls in the field to the south of reserve.Also a Woodpecker was drumming.11h00-13h00

Lee ashcroft

Ynysyfro

Thu 15th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Hunting sparrow hawk

While fishing bottom pond, sparrow hawk hunting and chasing blackbirds & redwings feeding on grass bank, chasing them along wooden fence and into bushes few times. Great distraction from the fishing

Mark Davies

River Usk Abergavenny

Thu 15th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Wigeon

1 Wigeon on the river near Llanwenarth this morning plus Little Owl in barn again . Also Bullfinch inn garden next to church

Ed Stevens

Blackrock

Thu 15th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Marsh harrier

About 14:30 female marsh harrier hunting over saltmarsh between blackrock and st Pierre pill. Possibly different bird to one seen at caldicot pill yesterday, marking especially on front of wing seemed less bright, but could be due to light conditions. Also 10 snipe 4 jack snipe, 1 woodcock, 5 black-tailled godwit, 2 gadwall, 30+ teal, 40+ skylark and 30+ lapwing flying over

Ed Stevens

Caldicot pill

Wed 14th Dec 2022

Main sighting: Marsh harrier

This afternoon between about 14:00 and 15:30 female marsh harrier hunting over saltmarsh between second Severn bridge and rogiet sea wall

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2024
9:00 am Change of Date:- Outdoor meeting... @ Mynynedd Llangatog
Change of Date:- Outdoor meeting... @ Mynynedd Llangatog
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