Sightings

Main sighting: Yellow Wagtails

At least 9 Yellow Wagtails on the foreshaw and 2 Common Sandpipers on the Ebbw

Main sighting: Kingfisher

2 kingfisher, little egret, juv dipper,, 2 ravens, chiffchaff, 2 song thrush, a greenfinch, 2 goldfinch, 2 swallows, 3 swifts, 30 sand martins, a blackcap, 32 Canada geese, 20 lbbg, 3 juv long tail tits. Under the railway bridge, a chub and a barbel.

Main sighting: Goosander

9-Goosanders,eight fully grown ducklings and mum.Apart from that,very quiet.No Sand Martins I think they must have dispersed after breeding as ,on my last visit, April 7th there was a lot of activity around the nest holes in the river bank.

Main sighting: Mediterranean Gulls

Mediterranean Gull (3)
Common Gull (2)
Black Headed Gull (c450)
Grey Plover (1)
Whimbrel (2)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (2)
Common Sandpiper (1)
Dunlin (3)
Oystercatcher (5)
Redshank (20)
Curlew (4)
Lapwing (8)
Little Egret (4)
Grey Heron (1)
Shelduck (30)
Cormorant (1)
Stick Dove (2)
Hundreds of Swallows and Martins on the move

Main sighting: Great White Egret

I had a quick look here and on leaving I put up an GWE from the reen between the first and second hides – sorry late posting

Main sighting: little egrets

High tide watch – at least 20 little egrets in creek just east of the pill, also 170 b h gulls and a creche of 7 ducklings with 2 female shelducks.

Main sighting:

Hi fellow birders,

Please do not post reports of nesting birds or sightings of rare or Schedule 1 breeders. Sightings which might lead to disturbance will be removed.

There have been several posts recently where we think it would be better to have notified the county recorder than to have publicly posted the location on the sightings page.

Schedule 1 bird sightings at well-known nature reserves, such as Goldcliff Lagoons, are fine, but if there is any potential for disturbance of birds that may be breeding in other locations, it would be prudent to share the information via the county recorder.

Thanks

Main sighting: Marsh Harrier

Marsh Harrier (female or juv) quartering south slope; dropped into bracken; seen again later over sedge/moorland near summit. Also on south slope: Whinchat (3), Stonechat (12), Common Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker, GSW (2), Reed Bunting (heard). Also Spotted Flycatcher (2) in wood by SE corner of Punchbowl.

Main sighting: Woodcock

Woodcock (2); Nightjar; Song Thrush (5); Blackbird; Blackcap (3); Blue Tit; Carrion Crow; Collared Dove; Dunnock; Long Tailed Tit; Rook; Siskins; Swallows; Willow Warbler; Woodpigeon; Wrens; Robin. Others: Roe Deer (3) , Pipestrel Bat,. Late evening visit.

Main sighting: Redstart

Redstart – male seen for an instant from the cqr – also a Painted lady butterfly – first seen here several days ago – has been faithful to a small patch of tarmac on the side of the road – when the sun is out?

Main sighting: Whimbrel

En-route to hides: woodpigeons, pied wagtail, wren, blackcaps, chiffchaff, pheasant, moorhen, heron, goldfinch, whitethroat, 3 ravens, mallards, blackbirds and magpies. Hide 2: Canada geese, skylark and crows. Snipe platform: 123 black-tailed godwits, 7 avocet, 4 shoveler, reed warbler singing, 13 lapwing, 35 redshanks, coot, 6 greylag geese and starlings. Seawall: 4 oystercatchers, 103 more black-tailed godwits on the mud feeding and male stonechat on the fence line. Hide 3: female marsh harrier (caught prey on the island), 7 dunlin, 14 ringed plovers, black headed gulls, 4 curlew, 3 more herons, linnets, herring gulls, 1 whimbrel, 81 shelduck (came in on high tide), 1 male teal only (no sign of 2nd usual male), great black-backed gull, 45 more lapwing, lesser black-backed gulls, 2 stock doves (fence line left of hide), meadow pipit, 2 adult and 1 juvenile little ringed plovers and 1 knot in full breeding plumage. Marsh platform: dead shelduck on the mud. Back at snipe platform: female tufted with single chick and 3 swallows. Other: 1 green-veined white, 1 gatekeeper, 3 meadow browns and 1 common blue.

Main sighting: Kingfisher

Canada Goose; Greylag Goose; Mute Swan; Mallard; Tufted Duck; Swift; Wood Pigeon; Collared Dove; Moorhen; Coot; Little Grebe; Herring Gull; Lesser Black Backed Gull; Cormorant; Grey Heron; Red Kite; Buzzard; Kingfisher; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Green Woodpecker; Magpie; Carrion Crow; Coal Tit; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Swallow; Long Tailed Tit; Chiffchaff; Blackcap; Goldcrest; Wren; Nuthatch; Tree Creeper; Starling; Song Thrush; Blackbird; Robin; House Sparrow; Grey Wagtail; Pied Wagtail; Chaffinch; Greenfinch; Goldfinch. (44 species in all).
GOS Event led by David Brassey.