Sightings

Main sighting: Wheatears & Nature at scale

Close views of 4 Wheatears; also 12 meadow pipits, 6 swallows still here; large numbers of others: 1000 starlings murmurating, 400+ shelduck, 100 + shovelers, 140 redshank, 200+ mixed corbids, similar for mallards and BH gulls; 20 canada geese, few oystercatchers, wigeon now arrived, curlew, little egrets, pintails, GBB and LBB gulls

Main sighting: red kite

Red kite flying north

Main sighting: Bittern

Bittern, Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler, Stonechat, GS Woodpecker, Teal, Gadwall, Widgeon, large flock of Goldfinches, huge passage of Swallows. Plus Clouded Yellow and Small Copper.

Main sighting: Ring Ouzel

3 Ring Ouzels this am , also 12 Redwing

Main sighting: Merganser

5 immature birds swimming together on the river near Croesyceiliog school at 07.30.

Main sighting: Redwing

2 redwings passing with a mistle thrush in tow.

Main sighting: Goosander

Seven Redhead Goosanders.

Main sighting: Sparrowhawk

Female soaring over village mid afternoon

Main sighting: Little Grebe

7 Little Grebe – it’s unusual to see so many grouping together here. Also Little Egret and an otter but very few duck. Light passage of House Martin and Meadow Pipit.

Main sighting: little egret

Little egret feeding in shallows near bridge.

Main sighting: Fieldfare

2 isolated birds at the seawall farm on Hawthorn this morning alongside pre migration Swallows

Main sighting: Red Grouse

6 red grouse came up out of the heather in very wet weather. Plenty of meadow pipits ,a few skylarks plus 2 wheatears