Sightings

Main sighting: Wheatear

Garn Lakes area; Wheatear 3 Willow Warbler 6 Little Grebe 1 ad 1 Juv Dragonflies: Common Hawker 2 Emperor 1 Common Darter12 and Emerald Damselfly 40+

Main sighting: Green Sandpiper

1-Green Sandpiper from the snipe platform,1-GWE,9-Little Egrets,167+Black’wits,1f-Marsh Harrier,4-juvenile Willow Warblers along the fence between snipe and marsh platforms.All water fowl and wader activity now seems to be confined to Priors as the other lagoons are completely dry.10h30-12h00

Main sighting: Spotted flycatcher

Pair of spotted flycatchers

Main sighting: Peregrine

Peregrine falcon, red kite, sparrowhawk, kestrel.

Main sighting: Common Sandpiper

Single on stony shoals, also 6 Little Egrets together, 1 Grey Wagtail plus approx. 7 Sand Martins around nest site in welsh bank. Kingfisher seen here regularly but not today.

Main sighting: Hobby

Hobby high over River Usk. Only a few Sand Martins around the nest colony. Four Little Egrets. Kingfisher, female Goosander

Main sighting: Little egret

Little egret, gsw, 82 canada geese, 20 house martins, 2 grey herons, kingfisher, raveen, stock dove, green woodpecker.

Main sighting: Avocet Hide now open

We have repaired the flooring at the entrance to the Avocet Hide and it is now open.

Main sighting: Common gull

Common gull among hundreds of BHGs; few black tailed godwits, 3 curlews, 42 oystercatchers; many dunlin; 2 common sandpipers; 2 kestrels (pair, regular at the moment); 2 buzzards (one sending the other away from its patch); 2 little egrets, 2 herons; mallards, teal, shelducks (several young) – good visit!

Main sighting: Kingfisher

Kingfisher at Cotland pool and Tawny owl at Manorside.

Main sighting: Whimbrel

2-Whimbrels on the shore line,3-Stock Doves,1f-Marsh Harrier,3-Little Ringed Plovers all fledged juveniles,206+Black’wits,1-Great White Egret,2-Kestrels,1-Yellow Wagtail,another birder saw a small flock of them around the cattle.10h30-12h35

Main sighting: Yellow-legged Gull

A big, probably male, adult yellow-legged gull on the reservoir today, with some structural characters suggesting Caspian (especially the head and bill shape) but on detailed plumage characters seen on photos confirmed as a yellow-legged.