Sightings
Allan Dowson
Blaensychan
Tue 2nd Jul 2019
Main sighting: butterflies
A big variety of butterflies today,Painted Lady,Red Admiral,Ringlet,Marbled White,Meadow Brown,Small Heath,Common Blue,Small Pearl Bordered Fritillery,Large Skipper.Birds___Blackcap,Blackbird and Song Thrush.
John Bennett
Dixton embankment
Tue 2nd Jul 2019
Main sighting: Dragonflies etc
Kingfisher Also many banded demoiselles , 2 Clubtails dragonflies and a white-legged damselfly.
Chris and Julie West and digger
Tram track Blorenge
Sun 30th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Painted lady
Several painted lady bfs
Chris and Julie West and digger
Tram track Blorenge
Sun 30th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Willow warblers
Family of willow warblers,raven,buzzard,meadow pipit,swallows,house martins.
Tim Young
Goldcliff
Sun 30th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Ruff
Just a short visit to Goldcliff this afternoon and didn’t get past first lagoon. Approx. 320 Black-headed Gull, 1 LBB Gull on mud, along with 1 Little Egret, 5 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank and 1 male Ruff in intermediate plumage. Redshank, Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Shoveller and Oystercatcher present but not counted
Iain Crawford
Sugar Loaf and Deri Ridge
Sun 30th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Red kite
Red kite, two ravens, wheatear, male stonechat, 2 swifts, 3 swallows, numerous skylarks and mippits
N J Davies
Goldcliff Lagoons
Fri 28th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Godwits
5-7.30pm visit. Of note, house martins, 1 buzzard, 2 lt egrets, cormorant, shelduck, 21 lapwing, 349 black headed gulls roosting (only 2 juvs), excellent count of 168 redshanks, 4 shoveler, cettis calling, 6 oystercatchers, 2 black-tailed godwits only, 11 dunlin, 1 ringed plover, 1 lt ringed plover, skylarks, 1 heron, 1 chiffchaff, 2 reed warblers, 26 gadwall, 2 pairs tufteds, pair of teal, 2 drake wigeon and 5 swallows. Lepidoptera wise – excellent show of meadow browns at one point 20+ feeding on bramble flowers by the snipe platform. several small skippers seen and 8 painted lady butterflies which was nice to see.
Verity Picken
Llangybi
Fri 28th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Redstart
Adult male Redstart in the garden this morning.
Bob Russ
Dingestow
Thu 27th Jun 2019
Main sighting: House Martins
Just seen a Grey Squirrel attacking two of the four House Martin nests on my house – drove it off this time – only minor damage to the nests on this occasion. Three Red Kites over local fields that were being mown.
Barry Embling
Caerleon Church
Tue 18th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Hawfinch
Hawfinch feeding in yews in churchyard. Quite approachable, and seemed to be used to people.
Hadyn Jones
Collister Pill
Mon 17th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Mediterranean Gull
1 very active 2nd calyr Med Gull among small B H Gull flock at hide tide. Also 260 Shelduck,103 Mallard,65 Curlew,1 Whimbrel,2 Oysters,@35 Dunlin,18 L Egret.
Graham Thomas Thorne
River Sirhowy cwmfelinfach
Mon 17th Jun 2019
Main sighting: Dipper
Dipper seen on rocks in river near the allotment. Also Blackcap singing