Sightings

Main sighting: Garden Warbler

Garden Warbler calling near the pond. Other species – Blackcap, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Woodpigeon, Mallard, Green Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Robin and Great Tit.

Main sighting: Swift

At Redbrook, 2 swifts, a great spotted woodpecker, 7 house martins, about 20 sand Martin nests a mile downstream.
At Cleddon 5 swallows, a song thrush, mistle thrush, buzzard and a stock dove.

Main sighting: Whinchat

Early morning walk produced: Whinchat, Red Grouse, Wheatear, Reed Bunting (2), Stonechat (5), Tree Pipit (3), Linnet (2), Swallow (3). Also 2 Cuckoos showing well (and constantly mobbed) just north of Carn Y Gorfydd car park.

Main sighting: Whimbrel

Whimbrel 40
Bar-tailed Godwit 70
Black-tailed Godwit 16
Oystercatcher 120
Dunlin 200
Ringed Plover 7
Lapwing 2
Curlew 5
Little Egret 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1
1 harbour porpoise feeding in the mouth or the estuary

Main sighting: Dunlins and Bar-Tailed Godwits

Dunlins 300 + ( on Monks), Bar-Taile Godwits (10), Black-Tailed Godwits (50), Whimbrel ( 1), Avocets ( lots of nests and over 6 chicks seen). Ringed Plover Chicks x 2. Lapwings, Shoveler, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Shelduck, Carrion Crow, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Redshanks and Oystercatchers. Swallows and Whitethroat. Little Egret ( x 2). Mute Swans.

Main sighting: Red Kite

2 x Red Kite over Foxhunters Carpark. Cuckoo on lower slopes chased off by one of the Kites. Stonechat, Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Buzzard.

Main sighting: Goldcrest

Dawn chorus 0430 to 0530:
Goldcrest, robin, wren, blackbird, m. thrush, s. thrush, blue tit, great tit, blackcap, siskin, chaffinch, goldfinch, wood pigeon, heron, carrion crow, pheasant chiffchaff, dunnock

Main sighting: Goldcrest

Dawn Chorus 0430 to 0530:
Goldcrest, blackbird, m. thrush, wren, blackcap, chiffchaff, blue tit, great tit, siskin, chaffinch, heron, carrion crow, pheasant, robin, dunnock, wood-pigeon, s. thrush, goldfinch

Main sighting: Swifts

Swifts x 10 screaming overhead feeding above the Afon Llywyd.

Main sighting: Red Kite

Red Kite flying over the course pm today

Main sighting: 3 Swifts over Brynmawr Town this evening

3 Swifts over Brynmawr Town this evening.

Main sighting: Red Spotted Bluethroat

Greylag Goose; Mute Swan; Egyptian Goose; Shelduck; Garganey; Shoveler; Gadwall; Pochard; Tufted Duck; Pheasant; Swift; Cuckoo; Stock Dove; Woodpigeon; Moorhen; Coot; Little Grebe; Great Crested Grebe; Oystercatcher; Grey Plover; Ringed Plover; Lapwing; Whimbrel; Curlew; Bar Tailed Godwit; Black Tailed Godwit; Woodcock; Redshank; Turnstone; Little Tern; Common Tern; Sandwich Tern; Kittiwake; Black Headed Gull; Mediterranean Gull; Herring Gull; Great Black-Backed Gull; Lesser Black Backed Gull; Razorbill; Guillemot; Fulmar; Manx Shearwater; Gannet; Cormorant; Shag; Bittern (booming); Little Egret; Great White Egret; Grey Heron; Marsh Harrier; Buzzard; Barn Owl; Little Owl; Green Woodpecker; Kestrel; Hobby; Peregrine; Jay; Magpie; Jackdaw; Carrion Crow; Raven; Coal Tit; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Bearded Tit; WOODLARK; Skylark; Sand Martin; Swallow; House Martin; Cetti’s Warbler; Long-tailed Tit; Willow Warbler; Chiffchaff; Reed Warbler; Blackcap; Garden Warbler; Whitethroat; Dartford Warbler; Goldcrest; Wren; Treecreeper; Starling; Song Thrush; Mistle Thrush; Blackbird; Robin; Redstart; Whinchat; Stonechat; Wheatear; House Sparrow; Dunnock; Pied Wagtail; Meadow Pipit; Tree Pipit; Rock Pipit; Chaffinch; Greenfinch; Linnet; Goldfinch; Siskin; Reed Bunting.
(106 species in total) Many thanks to GOS and all contributors to this event.