Sightings

Main sighting: Wigeon return

Wigeon have returned with a flock of 9 feeding amongst Canada geese. Also seen, collard doves, house sparrows, cettis, woodpigeons, goldfinches, 8 skylarks, swallows, moorhen, 2 swans, starlings, crows, sand martins, fem marsh harrier, gt black-backed gull, 2 curlew, 240 shelduck, black-headed gulls, oystercatchers, flock of 53 linnets, mallards, teal, buzzard, meadow pipits (at least 25 so could be migrant birds), 35 knot feeding together, heron, wren, 4 dunlin, pair stonechats, house martins, 6 stock doves was a nice surprise as was a little owl pellet.

Main sighting: Goshawk

A juvenile Gos seen from my kitchen window perched on a dead tree. Harassed and driven off by crows.

Main sighting: Manx shearwater

45 minute seawatch from sudbrook just after high tide during a short break in the rain. 1 Manx shearwater and 1 adult kittiwake

Main sighting: Kestrel

On the other side of Llanvetherine on the B4521 road opposite Ty-Deri house was a kestrel perched on a electricity line.

Main sighting: Lesser Yellowlegs

A bird found by Jackie, offering only tantalising views, was initially identified as Wood Sandpiper. Later thanks to Pics from John Lawton the bird was correctly identified as Lesser Yellowlegs.

Main sighting: Osprey

Osprey perched on pole on eastern side of reservoir at 10.00am. Access via fisherman’s car park.

Main sighting: White Wagtail / Bittern

En-route to hide: 52 starlings, robin, woodpigeons, crows, goldfinches, linnets, 2 chiffchaffs, mallards and moorhen. Hide one – 3 herons, 31 swallows, stonechat family group, 11 teal, magpies and pied wagtails. Hide two – 35 more teal, cettis, 6 little egrets, 10 shoveler, 2 snipe, 4 curlew, marsh harrier, meadow pipits, single avocet, sparrowhawk, 2 yellow wagtails, 1 white wagtail, 1 ruff, fem kestrel and blackcap in full song. Snipe platform – green woodpecker by the hay bales, coot 8 gadwall, 25 more shoveler, lt grebes, fem tufted, 5 swans, 8 sand martins, black headed and lesser black-backed gulls. Seawall – 210 shelduck, 42 oystercatchers, single whimbrel on the mud, 18 avocet, 37 curlew, cormorant and house sparrows. Hide three – herring gulls, Canada geese, 12 black-tailed godwits, 4 dunlin, 9 redshanks, 2 lt stints, 1 curlew sandpiper, 50 lapwing, 8 knot, 9 ruff (feeding together in far left corner), 11 more snipe and reed bunting. Marsh platform – bittern flew across and 25 house martins feeding. Other: MIgrant hawkers, 3 red admirals, large whites, meadow brown and 1 small tortoiseshell.

Main sighting: Goldcrest ( Britain's smallest bird )

In a field with a hedgerow and trees was a female and male goldcrest zi-ing ( calling ) with blue tits and chiffchaff’s. Also two buzzards.

Main sighting: Osprey

Two Osprey over the reservoir this morning (9:30 am). One successfully caught a fish and flew off east. Seen from Fishermans Car Park.

Main sighting: Hobby

1-Hobby,3+Ruffs,15-Avocets,16-Little Egrets,1-Grey Plover,1-Curlew Sandpiper,1-Yellow Wagtail,37+Knot and good numbers of Black ‘wits.11h00-13h30.

Main sighting: Spotted Flycatcher

1 bird perched on wire. Also 2 wheatears long dry stone wall.

Main sighting: Grey Seal

A surprise non avian sighting this morning was a Grey Seal close in to the access ladder.It surfaced four times,putting all the wild fowl to flight.Also 3-Common Sandpipers.