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Sightings

Bernie Jones

Newport Wetlands 9-45 - 10-30

Sun 13th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Otter

2 male Reed Bunting , 12 Greenfinch,
2 Little Grebe , 5 Long tailed Tits
Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted
Woodpecker, Hedge Sparrow
All seen on walk from Cafe to Lighthouse

At first reen on way to lighthouse looking east about 10m out from viewing point I had great views of an OTTER diving, feeding and bobbing around for about 15 mins – brilliant

B Thomas

Goldcliff

Sun 13th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Spoonbill

Sea wall hide: 1 spoonbill

Christopher and Julie West

Oxbow, river Usk.

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Siskin

20 siskin feeding in alder trees, kingfisher.

Mike and Jackie Pointon

River Rhymney Machen

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Dipper

A Pair of Dipper collecting nesting material in a stretch of the river Rhymney near Machen. Also, two Grey Wagtails.

Andy Smith

Blorange

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Woodcock

Midday vist very quiet until I flushed 2 woodcock the bracken just below the Tumble. First time I have seen them here. Several groups of mixed tits in the valley and a mistle thrush.

Blair Jones

Goldcliff Lagoons

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Spoonbills and waders

Dawn visit today. Highlights – 9 x Black Tailed Godwits, 12 x Avocets, 2 x Marsh Harriers ( M and F), Brent Goose ( Pale Bellied) , 14 x Redshanks, 1 x peregrine, 2 x Ringed Plover and 15 x Lapwing.
Ducks – Wigeon, Gadwall, Pintail, Teal, Mallard , Shelduck and Shoveler
Skylarks and Reed Buntings all over the place.
There are still Redwings in the hedgerows.
Monks had 13 x Mute Swans and there were two others on Priors Lagoon.
Chiff Chaff head singing in the blossom trees.

Hadyn Jones

West Pill

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Wheatear

Male Wheatear West Pill and also 1 Jack Snipe

Hadyn Jones

West Pill

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Wheatear

Male Wheatear near West Pill plus 1 Jack Snipe flushed.

Peter Kevin O'Duffy

Gilwern hill quarries

Sat 12th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Wheatear

Male Wheatear at quarries this am.

Chris Forster Brown

Mitchel Troy

Thu 10th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Chiffchaff

Quick lunchtime walk in Mitchel Troy, both chiffchaff and blackcap singing from scrubby woodland on way up to Mitchel Troy common. This was the same location I heard blackcap a few weeks ago (early February?) Neither singing strongly, but great to hear them anyway.

Neville Davies

Goldcliff Lagoons

Wed 9th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Common Gull

Afternoon visit with 45 species seen, highlights were 2 Chiffchaffs (contact calls), Pheasant, Stonechat, 21 Redwings with a single Fieldfare mixed in and a male Reed Bunting. Hide one – Shelduck and 2 Curlew (one colour-ringed bird). Redshank platform – Spotted Redshank with 9 Common Redshanks, 29 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 26 Teal, 16 Wigeon and a Gt Black-backed Gull over. Seawall – 48 Avocet flew overhead and settled on second lagoon, 2 Common Gull on the foreshore quite close n, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, distant Dunlin, 2 Cormorants and 41 Black Headed Gulls (most with full breeding hoods). Hide three – 279 more Wigeon, 1 Heron, 4 Gadwall, 11 Shoveler, 1 Ringed Plover and a male Marsh Harrier hunting twice. Finally, a pair of Tufted Ducks were from the Snipe platform. Other: Teal feather remains.

Chris Forster Brown

Mitchel Troy

Wed 9th Mar 2022

Main sighting: Hawfinch

A longish walk around the village of Mitchel Troy early this morning, with the main aim of looking/listening for lesser spotted woodpecker. No luck with these, but an interesting mix of species anyway. This included at least 12 hawfinch in and around the church, with a group of nine sitting at the tops of trees and another three flying over at the same time. At least four greenfinch singing in the village and at least six separate mistle thrush singing. A dipper on the Trothy behind the church. On the higher fields behind the village were three skylark singing, small groups of redwing and 25 fieldfare. In one of these fields were 80+ common gull. The only woodpecker was great spotted, with three separate individuals.

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