Sightings
Keith Roylance
NWR Goldcliff
Fri 17th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Barn Owl
Barn Owl from Marsh Platform at 16:10. Hunted along the bank in front of the hides and platforms
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Goldcliff Lagoons
Fri 17th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Avocet
Avocet 13 on the foreshore, Brent Goose 1 pale bellied thanks to Bryn B, Black-tailed Godwit 25 Lapwing 400 (distant view) Oystercatcher 20 Wigeon 150 Gadwall 12 Tufted Duck 3 Teal 30 Marsh Harrier 2 male and imm Kestrel 1 Buzzard 1 Raven 2 Cetti’s Warbler 1 Great Spotted WP 1 Reed Bunting 2 Stonechat 3.
Bill O’Keefe
Goldcliff Lagoons
Thu 16th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis amongst a flock of 60 Lapwing on lagoon in front of the first hide. About 1pm.
Iain Crawford
Llanrothal
Tue 14th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Kestrel
Kestrel, heron, 2 buzzards, 2 ravens, 2gsw, 30 goldfinch, 4 mipits, a jay.
Chris Stone
Black rock
Mon 13th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Finches
A flock of 157 Greenfinches tonight going to roost in the Bay trees along with a smattering of Goldfinches
Chris Stone
Black rock
Mon 13th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Greenfinch
A flock of 157 Greenfinches going to roost tonight in the Bay trees plus a smattering of Goldfinches
Andrew Baker
Newport Wetlands- Nash
Sat 11th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Bittern
1 Bittern flying low over reedbeds half way to the lighthouse. Sparrowhawk, Jay
Nicholas Beswick
Hafod Farm, Brynmawr
Sat 11th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Crossbill
A calling male Crossbill at the top of a tall spruce tree. Had a brief spat with a Chaffinch before flying off. First-ever record here.
Iain Crawford
Tregate to Skenfrith
Fri 10th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcon, kingfisher, 4 buzzards, 5 ravens, 2 grey herons, 30 meadow pipits, 25 redwings, 25 fieldfares, female bullfinch, mistle thrush, wren, 3 cormorants, a jay, a goldfinch.
John Lewis
Redwick Circular Walk.
Thu 9th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Chiffchaff
Five mile circular walk across Gwent levels and along sea wall from Redwick Parish Church.
Highlight of this late morning to midday walk just after High Tide was a Chiffchaff seen and heard in a hedge just south of the village. On the levels were a good selection of winter thrushes, including 130 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare and a flock of 8 paler continental Song Thrushes.- all spooked by a Sparrowhawk; also 2 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzards, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 300 Starling, 9 Meadow Pipits. From the seawall 53 Mallard, 47 Oystercatcher, 8 Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 18 Dunlin, 15 Common Gull, 1 Rock Pipit. ( 44 species in total )
Neville James Davies
Nash Village
Wed 8th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Little Owl
Single bird sitting on the roof of the outbuilding. Not sure of the farm name but it is the one on the outskirts of the village at the end just before the turn off for the village itself.
Neville James Davies
Red Barn Pools (roadside viewing)
Wed 8th Dec 2021
Main sighting: Afternoon roost
Late afternoon saw a great number of Lapwing (492 – my highest count on the Levels), 6 Snipe, 2 Little Egrets, 88 Wigeon, 7 Black-tailed Godwits, 18 Shoveler, 1 Curlew, 1 Greylag Goose and a distant female Marsh Harrier.