Sightings

Main sighting: Mallard Ducks

Usual M/F mallards but 2M with brown sides and white bib in front. definitely mallards. Hybrid?

Main sighting: Goshawk

A short afternoon walk: Goshawk Sparrowhawk Buzzard Green Woodpecker Mistle Thrush a flock of 20 plus 3 others Stock Dove 5 Chaffinch 6 Cole Tit 1 Blue Tit 2 Jay 1

Main sighting: Goosanders

Not quite Gwent, but 5 Goosanders and 6 little egret, 1 grey wagtail on the Taff at llandaff

Main sighting: Dead Gannet

Avian flu victim?? Bird unblemished.

Main sighting: Little Egret

At 12.00 today a single Little Egret was fishing in the Monnow below the new road bridge in Monmouth. Seen from the old bridge.

Main sighting: Redwings

Group of 14 redwings flying around.

Main sighting: Spoonbill

Morning visit – robin, crows, blackbirds, wren, cettis, herring gulls, 48 mallards and moorhens. Snipe platform – spoonbill feeding and showing well, did take off at 0930 over the Point but cane back in about 10 minutes later, 11 lt egrets, 367 black-tailed godwits and 6 knot mixed in, teal, 5 snipe, shoveler, 15 redshanks, kingfisher going past, 2 kestrels, linnets, 77 meadow pipits, 2 herons, water rail squealing, grey phalarope showing well, 62 lapwing, 2 cygnets, starlings, jackdaws, 1st year great black-backed gull, magpies, 2 chiffchaffs and chaffinch. Marsh platform – 62 dunlin, pied wagtails, 7 skylarks, woodpigeons, 2 cormorants and a female stonechat. Seawall – oystercather, 52 curlew adult gt black-backed gull and 2 swallows. Male pheasant, blue tits and gt spotted woodpecker.

Main sighting: Grey Phalarope

The Grey Phalarope was showing well today at mid-day, from the Marsh viewing platform. It looked very settled spinning on the water and feeding. Also Southern and Migrant Hawkers along the rheen and Common Darter everywhere.

Main sighting: little egrets

2 egrets fishing just below Monnow bridge at 0730 hrs, also small passage of house martins over st arvans on Saturday and Sunday @ 15 birds both days

Main sighting: Ring-knecked parakeet

I ring-knecked parakeet heard and observed flying between trees from 2.00 pm – 5.45 pm when I arrived at and left the car park.

Main sighting: Spotted Redshank

Snipe platform – 2 kestrels, robin, crows, herring gulls, mallards, grey phalarope showing well, 5 little egrets, water rail (seen and heard), moorhens, 2 pairs stonechats in the reeds, 6 grey plover on the mud, pied wagtails, 80 black-tailed godwits had a spotted redshank mixed in, all took off and flew high at 0755, 43 redshanks, chaffinch, meadow pipits, cettis warbler, raven, 65 lapwing, wren, male phesant, woodpigeons, magpies. Marsh platofrm – shoveler, teal, 2 ringed plovers, 1 heron, chiffchaff in the reeds, 16 skylarks over calling. Seawall – 15 curlew only, good mix of waders on the waters edge included 2 knot, 1 bar-tailed godwit, oystercatchers, 103 dunlin and 46 grey plovers. Wheatear in the grass by the gate, 1 gt black-backed gull, black headed gulls and a siskin over calling. Back at snipe platform – 62 house martins feeding and 5 swallows mixed in, 2 snipe. Hedge line down to hide – 2 goldcrests, 5 chiffchaffs, dunnock, blue tits. Hide 1 – male marsh harrier and 11 greylags passing. Green woodpecker, starlings and jackdaws by the entrance.

Main sighting: Kingfisher

Not much else, but KF was where it should be 😉