Sightings

Main sighting: Fieldfare

Around 500 Fieldfares going to roost near the old Brynmawr reservoir. Just a couple of Redwings with them. Two Stonechats nearby.

Main sighting: Turnstone

38-Turnstones on the tidal mud and rocks towards the point.1m-Marsh Harrier,several pairs of Stonechats and 20 or so Fieldfares.11h00-13h00.

Main sighting: Great White Egret

Great White Egret in field behind church today

Main sighting: Barn Owl

Barn Owl quartering across eastern edge of lagoons near the lighthouse around 15.45. Black tailed godwits (one with missing/broken leg – feeding well), 2 dabchicks, usual ducks – mallard, wigeon, shoveller, teal,+20 fieldfare, longtailed tits, stonechat.

Main sighting: Swallow

Single swallow over garden Sudbrook

Main sighting: Wheatear

1-Wheatear today,quite a late date for me.12h00.

Main sighting: curlwe

WeBS count 07:30-09:30 Curlew 250 (water levels high so rings could not be seen) Redshank 104 Black-tailed Godwit 9 Dunlin 60 (did not land) Teal 66 Pintail 4 Lapwing 60 (distant) Shoveler 35
Great B/B Gull 1 Common Gull 2 Little Grebe 3 Skylark 10 Fieldfare 12 Redwing30 Stonechat 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1.
Also A late Common Darter

Main sighting: Kingfisher

Fishing on small pond at caldicot castle, also seen along the nedern brook

Main sighting: Crossbill and brambling

5 crossbills flying overhead towards the pine copse. Four days ago in the garden (two villages away) a male brambling also.

Main sighting: Woodpigeon

Flocks of Woodpigeons, totalling 1090, east between 0730 and 0830. Very few later. Also 240 Redwings. Another 950 Woodpigeons yesterday between 1330 and 1430, again heading east.

Main sighting: Curlews

At big high tide this morning, about 40 Curlews present, of which seven were carrying colour rings from the 2015/16 catches on the Usk estuary. At the same time at Peterstone, four colour rings from the same catch were observed; one of these birds was seen at two roosts; illustrates survival and site fidelity. At Peterstone there was also a Curlew with a Polish colour ring, already seen here before.
Also at high tide at St Brides: 248 Oystercatchers, 23 Ringed Plovers, 25 Lapwings, 270 Dunlin, 2 Knot, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Redshanks.

Main sighting: Hooded Crow

Hooded crow on telegraph pole on Raglan side of village about 15.00 today.