Sightings
iain crawford
Skenfrith
Wed 22nd Mar 2023
Main sighting: Swallows
2 swallows by the bridge. Soaring near Sand House, 25 ravens, 7 buzzards, m and f sparrowhawk. Jay, green woodpecker, mistle thrush
Nicholas Beswick
NWR Goldcliff
Tue 21st Mar 2023
Main sighting: Spoonbill
Immature Spoonbill feeding in the lagoon directly in front of Hide 1. Distant view of Spotted Redshank feeding along the far shore of the island. Pintail pair seen from Seawall Hide. Skylarks and Chiffchaffs singing. Sparrowhawk and immature Marsh Harrier hunting over reedbeds.
Hadyn Jones
West Pill
Sun 19th Mar 2023
Main sighting: Wheatear
3 male Wheatear at Westpill in afternoon.
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.