Sightings

Main sighting: Snow Bunting

Feeding at the side of the mountain road that goes to Abersychan.

Main sighting: Hen Harrier

Ringtail harrier over Hafod Road in filthy weather this afternoon. Failed to make headway into the wind and disappeared over Clydach Gorge towards Gilwern Hill.

Main sighting: STOCK DOVE

Main sighting: Redwings

About 50/60 Fieldfare/Redwings in trees and flying about in Countryside Dingestow, Monmouth

Main sighting: brent geese

High tide walk this afternoon produced 2 DB Brent geese flying upriver, on the tideline, 30 knot together with a few dunlin and single turnstone, inland 35 curlew on the field,

Main sighting: Kingfisher

Single female kingfisher. Now seems to be a regular occurrence fishing on the canal. Mallards, Juvenile mute swan, moorhens, long-tailed tits.

Main sighting: Kingfisher

1 Kingfisher, several mallards (20+) squabbling over females, 1 Juvenile mute swan, Moorhens (adults and juveniles), Goldfinches, Blackbird.

Main sighting: Woodcock

A single Woodcock over at dusk, heading on to the moor. Brambling earlier with numerous Chaffinches and Goldfinches,

Main sighting: Cetti's Warbler

A Cetti’s Warbler was calling frequently from behind the Snipe platform and another in the hedgerow across the field from the Redshank platform. A Chiffchaff was calling, not contact calling, a proper ‘Chiffchaff’ call from the car park area. Very little on the lagoons with the raised water levels so I was surprised to see a flock of 100+ Dunlin which flew over Monk’s but eventually settled on Prior’s where the ‘island’ usually appears. There were also about 8 Curlew and 20 Lapwings and a couple of Curlew Sandpipers were mixed in with the Dunlin..

Main sighting: Little egrets

Late afternoon low tide walk from Magor Pill to Redwick gave @ 12 little egrets, curlew, single grey plover, 6 turnstone, kestrel, several pairs of ravens, grey heron, a few stock doves heading west & cettis calling

Main sighting: Little grebes

10 Little grebes on the lake, also few tufted ducks, 5 cormorants, grey heron, 15+ coots, also moorhens, mallards, BHGulls, swans

Main sighting: Fieldfare

Flock of 60 plus Fieldfares (recent Redwings have moved on). Also Stonechat and Treecreeper.