Sightings

Main sighting: BARN OWL

HEARD AT 06:30 IN A NEIGHBOUR’S OAK TREE

Main sighting: Great White Egret

Fairly quiet overhead migration session of1 1/2 hours was enlivened on the way back to the car when two Great White Egrets flapped their way slowly west into the wind. Not a species I expected to see low down over the telephone mast. The only other notable species were 208 Stock Dove flying in a westerly direction and a Swallow heading SE

Main sighting: Ring Ouzel

Two female Ouzels feeding on Rowan berries at the top of the quarry rock face. Also foraged on the grass where they were joined by a Green Woodpecker. Two Redwings over.

Main sighting: Kestrel

Male kestrel, female sparrowhawk, 5 ravens, 2 buzzards, greenfinch, jay, 5 longtailed tits, green woodpecker, grey heron

Main sighting: Redwing

Still thin on the ground, but 2 redwings feeding on holly berries in a friend’s garden.

Main sighting: Little Egret

A Little Egret was fishing under the new Monnow road bridge again at 0930 this morning, and another (?) was feeding on the Wye at Hadnock at 1530, (also 4 female Goosander there).

Main sighting: Mallard Ducks

Usual M/F mallards but 2M with brown sides and white bib in front. definitely mallards. Hybrid?

Main sighting: Goshawk

A short afternoon walk: Goshawk Sparrowhawk Buzzard Green Woodpecker Mistle Thrush a flock of 20 plus 3 others Stock Dove 5 Chaffinch 6 Cole Tit 1 Blue Tit 2 Jay 1

Main sighting: Goosanders

Not quite Gwent, but 5 Goosanders and 6 little egret, 1 grey wagtail on the Taff at llandaff

Main sighting: Dead Gannet

Avian flu victim?? Bird unblemished.

Main sighting: Little Egret

At 12.00 today a single Little Egret was fishing in the Monnow below the new road bridge in Monmouth. Seen from the old bridge.

Main sighting: Redwings

Group of 14 redwings flying around.