Sightings
Allan Dowson
Peterstone Gout
Thu 5th May 2022
Main sighting: Whimbrel
7-Whimbrels at high tide today.
Verity Picken
Gwent
Thu 5th May 2022
Main sighting: Curlew
Curlews are far less vocal at the moment and therefore harder to find but you may see one chasing off a Buzzard or crow when guarding the nest. Don’t forget to send an email to Curlew@gwentbirds.org.uk if you see this behaviour. All reports, whether sightings or heards, are important.
Lee Parsons
Llanhilleth
Wed 4th May 2022
Main sighting: Cuckoo
Cuckoo heard 5:10am.
tony & jan jenkins
devauden
Tue 3rd May 2022
Main sighting: cuckoo
Cuckoo calling late afternoon near Devauden
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Lower Machen
Mon 2nd May 2022
Main sighting: Hawfinch
A Hawfinch sat out in the open for a short while. In Machen we saw 12 Sand Martins gathering dried grass as nesting material, not seen this behaviour before.
David
Chapel Road Goldcliff
Mon 2nd May 2022
Main sighting: 18 Swallows
Perched on the solar farm fence surround.
Ben Jones
Llanfosit, Abergavenny.
Sun 1st May 2022
Main sighting: Transitory swallows
Several hundred high flying swallows passing overhead heading due North.
David Hathaway
LLanishen
Sun 1st May 2022
Main sighting: Cuckoo
Cuckoo calling early this morning close to village,then flew over my house calling,flew off towards Devauden
Allan Dowson
Goldcliff
Sat 30th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Greenshank
2-Greenshanks from sea wall hide,1-Common Sandpiper,2-Avocets,2-LRP’S,1m-Marsh Harrier.There was a Fox on the island in front of the sea wall hide,the whole time i was there.
Also at Boat Lane singing Sedge,Garden,Willow and Reed Warblers.10h00-12h30.
Nicholas Beswick
Hafod Farm Brynmawr
Fri 29th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Brambling
One female Brambling after a gap since Monday. Pair Lesser Redpolls. Jay a surprise visitor for the time of year.
Iain Crawford
River Usk Pantygoetre to Llanover
Fri 29th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Waders
Snipe, 2 oystercatcher, 2 little ringed plovers, a common sandpiper, 7 little egrets, 5 grey herons, 6 goosanders, 2 goldfinch, 2 ltt, a red kite, 6 buzzards, 3 stock doves, wren, song thrush, 2 grey wagtails, 2, ravens, 2 blackcap 2 swallows
Hadyn Jones
Collister Saltmarsh
Thu 28th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Dotterel
Dotterel in breeding plumage on the saltmarsh at Collister.Probable
female as quite black underneath.