Sightings

Main sighting: Oystercatcher

2 oystercatcher, 2 common sandpiper, 11 goosander 6 m 5f, 200 sand Martins, green woodpecker, 2 collared doves, 2 goldfinch, 2 grey herons, 2 little egrets, a yellow wagtail

Main sighting: Cuckoo

Cuckoo calling in woods,lots of song thrushes singing and GS woodpecker’s drumming

Main sighting: Redwing

A solitary Redwing rooting in the mud in a shallow part of the canal at Rogerstone.

Main sighting: redstart

Had a good day at this beautiful location,despite a cold wind.Pied Flycatcher male,Tree Pipit heard and seen,3-Redstarts 2m 1f,Cuckoo calling from across the valley,a Wood Warbler heard trilling but i couldn’t locate it,Garden Warbler and Willow Warblers heard singing.Several Nuthatches and good numbers of Blue and Great Tits.

Main sighting: Cuckoo

Cuckoo seen perched on driftwood far eastern end of caldicot pill.

Main sighting: Wood Warbler

Woodwarbler singing near Maryland car park – the first I’ve heard this year.

Main sighting: swifts

3 swifts heading north at a rate of knots (pardon the pun)

Main sighting: Swift

A single Swift over Machen this morning is our earliest inland record. Sand Martin 8 near breeding site. Several Blackcaps and a few Willow Warblers Linnet 4 and Bullfinch 4.

Main sighting: Greenfinch

At last a singing male Greenfinch in the the garden, sad this is now unusual.

Main sighting: Bar Tailed Godwit

87-Bar Tailed Godwits today at high tide many in full breeding plumage,also 2-Black Tailed Godwits,2-Whimbrels and several Knot two of which were in breeding plumage.16h00-17h30

Main sighting: Swallow

Single swallow over mountainside south of Pontypool, 2.25 this afternoon. Also a Wheatear.

Main sighting: Swift

GOS outdoor meeting this morning to Dunlop Semtex Pond, Parc Nant-y-Waun and Beaufort gave a tally of 42 species (with a brisk easterly wind suppressing activity). The single Swift was a first for the year and there were just a couple of Sand and House Martins over the ponds. Three redhead Goosanders lingering at Beaufort Ponds with an overflying Lesser Redpoll there too.