Sightings

Main sighting: Golden Plover and Winter Thrushes

Astonishing numbers of Redwing moving today across England and Wales. In a 1 and a half hours watch at Penylan I saw a relatively low number of c 500 move E or NE as did c100 chaffinch and c30 Fieldfare. The best sighting was a flock of 35 Golden Plover which moved rapidly through heading South

Main sighting: Scoter

Five Common scoter above the M5 between the pumping station and the bridge – female types or juvs from my bedroom window – also at east 9 Fieldfare

Main sighting: Red Kite

Two Red Kite circling high above Llanishen at 16.30.

Main sighting: Great White Egret

Briefly Great White Egret X 5, Spoonbill, Marsh Harrier, no Grey Phalarope.

Main sighting: Disturbance

There will be some disturbance at Goldcliff Lagoons on Wednesday, 19th October, between 1pm and 2pm when we monitor water levels and salinities. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Main sighting: Little Egret

Little Egret on the Monnow, seen from the railings along Priory Street looking down onto the Monnow at about 2:30pm.

Main sighting: BARN OWL

HEARD AT 06:30 IN A NEIGHBOUR’S OAK TREE

Main sighting: Great White Egret

Fairly quiet overhead migration session of1 1/2 hours was enlivened on the way back to the car when two Great White Egrets flapped their way slowly west into the wind. Not a species I expected to see low down over the telephone mast. The only other notable species were 208 Stock Dove flying in a westerly direction and a Swallow heading SE

Main sighting: Ring Ouzel

Two female Ouzels feeding on Rowan berries at the top of the quarry rock face. Also foraged on the grass where they were joined by a Green Woodpecker. Two Redwings over.

Main sighting: Kestrel

Male kestrel, female sparrowhawk, 5 ravens, 2 buzzards, greenfinch, jay, 5 longtailed tits, green woodpecker, grey heron

Main sighting: Redwing

Still thin on the ground, but 2 redwings feeding on holly berries in a friend’s garden.

Main sighting: Little Egret

A Little Egret was fishing under the new Monnow road bridge again at 0930 this morning, and another (?) was feeding on the Wye at Hadnock at 1530, (also 4 female Goosander there).