Sightings

Main sighting: Pink-footed Geese

20 Pink-footed Geese on Becs late morning.

Main sighting: Little Gull

First winter Little Gull, a few yards offshore, heading down channel, around midday.

Main sighting: Red Kite

I went to Llanlowell hoping for a Smew or Goldeneye but only saw a single male Goosander. On the way back to Caerleon a Red Kite flew over the road.

Main sighting: Little Gull

One offshore in a feeding flock of Black Headed Gull. There for at least an hour around the high tide

Main sighting: Various

Collister Pill: 200+ Curlew, 20 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 100+Shelduck, 90 Wigeon.
1 Whooper Swan dead on saltmarsh.
4 Kestrels hunting in area.
300+ Lapwing on fields near Undy.

Main sighting: Disturbance

There will be some disturbance at Goldcliff Lagoons around 12.30pm – 1.30pm on Tuesday when we carry out monthly monitoring. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Main sighting: Kittiwake

c68 Kitiwake sitting on the water and flying around approx 4.30 pm eventually appeared to head off high over Aust services

Main sighting: Goldeneye

Short afternoon visit. River very full but quiet birdwise with just 3 Goldeneye (down from last week), 2 Goosander (a pair) and one Little Grebe. Nine Fieldfare.

Main sighting: Kittiwake

Approximately 68 sat on Severn and flying also around eventually climbed high in the sky and flew off over Aust services

Main sighting: Peregrine

F peregrine bombed a buzzard. No damage

Main sighting: Common Gull

Goldcrest contact call, 2 reed buntings, pair of stonechats, female sparrowhawk and greylag geese. Hide one – 5 shoveler, 1 shelduck and approx 150 starlings flying past. Hide three – 1 common gull past. 9 species of birds huddled up along the bank including 28 shoveler, 10 teal, 4 gadwall, mallards, 63 wigeon, 4 cormorants, 1 dunlin, 1 common redshank and a Canada goose. Mute swan cygnet dead in the grass opposite the hide. Unusual first sighting for me of the redshank walking over the back of a roosting female mallard to get to the front.

Main sighting: Goldeneye

2f-Goldeneyes on Priors lagoon.11h00