Sightings
Mark Davies
River Usk , Abergavenny
Tue 14th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Common Sandpiper
12 Common Sandpipers on the river above the Llanfoist bridge . Also 3 Swallows
Adrian & Charlotte Edwards
Peterstone Gout
Mon 13th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Sand martins
Sand martins (over trout lakes). 2 linnets. 5 oystercatchers, 5 pintail pairs, several teal and shelduck. 1 little egret. Canada geese, incl on the mud flats. Flock of >100 mixed crows and jackdaws. 1 song thrush. 1 mistle thrush (same spot as last week’s pair).
Grant Robinson
Skirrid Fawr
Mon 13th Apr 2020
Main sighting: House Martin
The first House Martins have arrived to inspect last years nests. Small Tortoiseshells, Peacocks and Commas have emerged from hibernation in good numbers, and the Orange Tips have hatched. A pair of Grey Wagtails have laid a single egg in a nest in a flowerpot in the garden.
Andrew Pritchard
M48 Rogiet
Sun 12th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Barn owl
Sad to report, especially at this time of year, dead barn owl, hard shoulder westbound, must have been particularly unlucky given roads are so quiet at the moment
Mark Davies
River Usk , Abergavenny
Sun 12th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Common Sandpiper
6 Common Sandpipers above Llanfoist bridge plus several female Goosanders , at least 8 Sand Martins and a Kingfisher
Mike and Jackie Pointon
Bedwas
Sun 12th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Goshawk
It was a day for raptors from the garden today male Goshawk Red Kite 1
female Sparrowhawk and Buzzard 3. The House Sparrow are engaged in a team building event by the sounds of it, they have been going crazy all day. Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing. Butterflies Large White and Orange Tip.
Iain Crawford
Tregate Bridge area
Sun 12th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Ravens
7 ravens, 5 buzzards, 4 goldfinch, 2 mistle thrush, 2 Green woodpecker, 2 greater spotted woodpecker, 2 herons, stock dove, long tail tit, common sandpiper, female bullfinch, yellowhammer, jay, male mandarin, chiffchaff. Also a hare.
Chris Forster Brown
Pen y Clawdd farm Dingestow
Sun 12th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Whitethroat
Single tree pipit, redstart and whitethroat all singing from scrubby felled forestry immediately behind Pen y Clawdd farm Dingestow. Also a potential male goshawk over but more likely female sparrowhawk, with five buzzard. Not bad for five minutes’ lockdown watch. .
Bob Potter
Nedern Brook, Caldicot
Sun 12th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Gargany
Garganey pair, at flooded end of Nedern Brook. Gadwall; Widgeon; Dabchick; Tufted Duck;
Lapwing; Redshank; Little Egret; Heron; Redshank; Cormorant; etc.
Stephen Berry
Cycle path Garndiffaith
Sat 11th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Pied Fycatcher
Pied Flycatcher male
Marcus John
Caldicot
Sat 11th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Garganey
Pair of Garganey present for 5th day on Nedern floods. View from ST483893
Marcus John
Caldicot
Sat 11th Apr 2020
Main sighting: Red Kite
Red Kite circling over Caldicot centre before heading off NE