Sightings

Main sighting: White Fronted Geese

Only hide 1 visited as heavy rain coming in. En-route to hide: chiffchaff contact call (by bridge), collard dove, woodpigeons, herring gulls, chaffinches, blue tits, starlings, crows, goldfinches, buzzard, fieldfares, redwings (both in low numbers), magpies, song thrush in full song and moorhen. Hide 1: Canada geese, 2 white-fronted geese later joined by 5 more, 51 shoveler (good increase in numbers), 5 graylag’s, mallards, 96 teal (more flying around lagoon 3), cormorants, 52 wigeon, 3 snipe, female marsh harrier and pied wagtail. Robin and blackbird back at car park just as rain started.

Main sighting: White-Fronted Geese

AM Visit.
Nice bit of sunshine –
Highlight – White Fronted Geese x 15.( on Priors and grass near Becs and the remains of the Seawall Hide.
Others – Marsh Harrier x 2 ( M/F) , Buzzard, Kestrel x 2 ( M/F), Fieldfare x 30 + Redwing x 10+, Gadwall x 6, Shoveler x 30+ , Teal x 30+, Coot x 10 +, Mute Swan x 1, Canada Goose x 20+, Greylag Goose x 20 +, Skylark x 1, Stonechat x 2 ( 2 Pairs), Meadow Pippit flock x 20, Lapwing Flock 200+, Peregrine x 1 ( seen by another visitor), Blue Tits,Great Tits, Starling and Chaffinch. Magpies, Carrion Crows and Woodpigeons. Redshank x 2 , Curlews x 6 , Shelduck x 6 and Oystercatcher x 5.

Main sighting: Ring necked Parakeet

Ring-Necked Parakeet heard, then seen, flying over Marlborough Road school. 0900

Main sighting: CANCELLATION OF OUTDOOR EVENT

Hi All,

The strong winds and rain forecast for tomorrow mean we have had to postpone the bird ringing demonstration at the Newport Wetlands. We will look to reschedule later in the year.

Kind Regards

Richard Clarke.

Main sighting: Mandarin

Five Mandarin drake + female mixed in with Mallard on pond near Woodside house in Pen y Fan

Main sighting: crossbill

flock of 8 birds located near northern edge of hill

Main sighting: Goldeneye

Two hides visited only: Car park – hide: robin, crows, jackdaws, wren, buzzard (dark-morph), mallards, heron, moorhen, 29 mute swans flying out, raven, starlings, blue tit and dunnock. Hide 1: Canada geese, 3 more mute swans, 105 wigeon, 15 teal, 10 shoveler, 158 lapwing and cormorant. En-route to hide 2, song thrush, woodpigeons, great tit, magpie and redwings. Hide 2: herring gulls, 64 more lapwing, 4 redshank, female marsh harrier hunting alongside female hen harrier, 2nd female marsh joined them, 2 curlew, male goldeneye dropped in and left within a minute (3 other observers in hide), peregrine and 2 shelduck. Hide 2 – car park: fieldfares, green woodpecker, snipe in the reen, mistle thrush, blackbird and 2 female goldcrests.

Main sighting: Great spotted woodpecker drumming

Wernddu

Main sighting: Goldeneye

At Parc Nant-y-Waun this morning: female Goldeneye on Horsetail Pond, a very occasional visitor to our upland ponds and at least 12 Snipe in the bog by the pond.
Three Woodcock over Hafod Farm at last light.

Main sighting: Hen harrier (ring-tail imm)

I was actually looking for a marsh harrier. Two had been sighted earlier. I walked to the eastern end of the reserve along the sea wall to where the path splits to the left.theres a concrete sea defence at this point. The harrier was on the seaward side along the salt marsh but swung back inland . Very strongly marked upper side with dazzling white rump. Not ruling out pallid harrier but it was too heavily marked in my view. I failed to get a photo sadly. I’d like to know if others see it.

Main sighting: red kite

at 1300 hrs a red kite soaring over the village heading south

Main sighting: Goshawk, Treecreeper

New Goshawk location.