Sightings

Main sighting: Goldcrest

Juvenile flying around my garden

Main sighting: Hobby

Whilst enjoying an al fresco breakfast at 08:00 a Hobby flew over the garden, having first eyed up the local swifts.

Main sighting: Garganey

A male and female Garganey on Monk’s lagoon this evening. The northerly winds seem to be holding up 220 Black-tailed Godwit’s migration.

Main sighting: 2 Red Kites

2 Red Kites spotted over Rumney heading East towards Newport. I regularly see kites as I frequently vidit Ceredigion. My husband saw them and confirmed they were not buzzards

Main sighting: Sanderling

Flock of 25 sanderling offshore heading west @ 1700hrs

Main sighting: Black tern

Firstly many thanks to the lady who made us aware of the tern which was spotted on the island opposite Priors, we arrived @ 1600hrs and the summer plumage tern was flying around the island and swooping down over the water, did not appear to catch anything, we left at 1700hrs.

Main sighting: Firecrest

Two distinct males singing at different parts of the trail around heath. Both birds may already have been accounted for? Other sightings include – starting with most abundant – chiffchaff, willow warbler, goldcrest, linnet, song thrush, great-spotted woodpecker, bullfinch, blackcap, crossbill, garden warbler, treecreeper, jay, buzzard and red kite.

Main sighting: Yellow wagtail

Afternoon walk towards the Bryn, goosander with 9 young, 8 little egrets on the oxbow, several pairs of stock doves, single yellow wagtail, grey heron, buzzard with very pale underwings, 3 little ringed plover, a pair of oystercatchers, and GSW nest site with young calling

Main sighting: Hobby

0930 – 1200hrs – Hobby sighted at Whitsun and also over marsh hide also female cuckoo heading towards Goldcliff point, excellent views of the juvenile marsh harrier from marsh hide, GW egret, ruff, small passage of swifts & martens over the seawall, redshank, avocets and before leaving a pair of greenshank flew in.

Main sighting: Hobby

Hobby

Main sighting: Merlin

7:30 this evening Female Merlin hunting unsuccessfully along the Tumble chasing linnets.

Main sighting: red kite

At 1800 hrs red kite flying high over Chepstow heading east