Sightings

Main sighting: Goosander

A female goosander on the Wye. More interestingly, a large (presumably male) otter swimming against the strong current, mid stream, and coming up with a large fish (salmon?). Continued this behaviour several times, diving and swimming underwater each time.

Main sighting: Avocets

Quiet but quality this morning. 17 Avocets, 17 Pinkfoot Geese, superb views of a female Merlin. Golden Plover on foreshore with a mixed flock of Dunlin, R. Plover, Turnstone. Skylark in partial song, displaying Lapwings

Main sighting: Curlew records wanted

Curlews will soon be back on their breeding sites in inland Gwent! If you see or hear any please send details to Curlew@gwentbirds.org.uk , giving the date, location (nearest town or village with grid ref), count, behaviour, vocalisation, habitat (e.g. grassland, silage, moor) and presence of livestock. All information, no matter how little, helps. See the GOS Home page for further info.

Main sighting: Osprey

Early Osprey in tree opposite bench then flew inland. Extra present on my 75th birthday!

Main sighting: Pintail

There was a minimum of 148-Pintails today at high tide.

Main sighting: Red Fox

I saw a fox inside the electric fence a couple of days ago and again this morning.
NRW have been alerted and Kevin Dupé set a trap, yesterday hoping to capture and relocate it.

Main sighting: Brent Goose

Plenty geese from the avocet hide,including 20-Pink Feet and a slightly scruffy Brent which spent most of the time preening.It lacked the white neck markings so must have been a juvenile.Photo on Gwent Birds.12h00-14h00

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.