Sightings

Main sighting: Great White Egret

1 Great White Egret at Collister Saltmarsh at 9.30 with several Little Egrets,also 2 Wheatear and up to 20 Whimbrel there and up to West Pill.

Main sighting: Whimbrel and Wheatear

3 Wheatear on sea wall and 12 Whimbrel mainly on mudflats and some on grass near hide 3
Other sightings included Chiffchaff. Sedge warbler Linnet. Reed bunting. Buzzard
Grey Heron. Shoveler. Teal. Redshank.
Swallow. Little Egret. Oystercatcher.
Black tailed Godwit. Ringed Plover and
Canada geese, Greylag geese and Moorhen all with chicks

Main sighting: Whimbrel

7-Whimbrels at high tide today.

Main sighting: Curlew

Curlews are far less vocal at the moment and therefore harder to find but you may see one chasing off a Buzzard or crow when guarding the nest. Don’t forget to send an email to Curlew@gwentbirds.org.uk if you see this behaviour. All reports, whether sightings or heards, are important.

Main sighting: Cuckoo

Cuckoo heard 5:10am.

Main sighting: cuckoo

Cuckoo calling late afternoon near Devauden

Main sighting: Hawfinch

A Hawfinch sat out in the open for a short while. In Machen we saw 12 Sand Martins gathering dried grass as nesting material, not seen this behaviour before.

Main sighting: 18 Swallows

Perched on the solar farm fence surround.

Main sighting: Transitory swallows

Several hundred high flying swallows passing overhead heading due North.

Main sighting: Cuckoo

Cuckoo calling early this morning close to village,then flew over my house calling,flew off towards Devauden

Main sighting: Greenshank

2-Greenshanks from sea wall hide,1-Common Sandpiper,2-Avocets,2-LRP’S,1m-Marsh Harrier.There was a Fox on the island in front of the sea wall hide,the whole time i was there.
Also at Boat Lane singing Sedge,Garden,Willow and Reed Warblers.10h00-12h30.

Main sighting: Brambling

One female Brambling after a gap since Monday. Pair Lesser Redpolls. Jay a surprise visitor for the time of year.