Sightings
Steve Dungey
Pen-Y-fan Country Park, Oakdale
Fri 15th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Swallows
3 Swallows over café area. Also several Willow Warblers, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey Heron and a pair of Stonechat.
Neville Davies
Red Barn Pools
Fri 15th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Whitethroat
2 chiffchaffs, pair of blackcaps, 1 common whitethroat in full song, 1 cettis calling, 2 herons, female kestrel, 2 teal, 3 pairs lapwing, pair gadwall, linnets, skylarks, 2 shelduck and a cormorant. Other: comma and small tortoiseshell butterfly.
Neville Davies
Goldcliff Lagoons
Fri 15th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Spoonbills / redstart
Dawn – mid morning visit: 18 Black-tailed Godwits were heading off high when I arrived. Single spoonbill roosting on 1st lagoon later flew over to the third lagoon to join the 2nd bird. At 11.15 3 more spoonbill flew in to join the 2 on lagoon 3. Other: Blackcaps, 3 chiffchaffs, 1 cettis, 2 swallows, 1 willow warbler and 1 common whitethroat (male). Redshank platform – Pheasant, linnets, 25 mute swans (most I have seen here), 3 gadwall, 22 redshanks, reed bunting, gt spotted woodpecker drumming, the spotted redshank is almost in full breeding plumage now, 4 lapwing only, 1 avocet only, 4 cormorants, 17 teal, single black-tailed godwit, 5 ringed plovers, marsh harrier, 1 little egret, 2 herons. Snipe platform – pair of tufteds and a male kestrel hunting. Reed warbler singing on way to sea wall and a female redstart along the hedgerow. Curlew calling. Other: small tortoiseshell, small whites and speckled woods.
Graham Agg
The Narth
Fri 15th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Wood Warbler
A Wood Warbler was singing late morning in the mixed woodland above Manor Brook about 200m down the stream from the children’s play area – the first I’ve heard this year.
Christopher and Julie West
Oxbow, river Usk.
Thu 14th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Yellow wagtail
Very bright yellow wagtail, black cap,
Lee Parsons
Penyfan Pond
Thu 14th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Swallow
Swallow flying through and singing Willow Warbler!
Nicholas Beswick
Parc Nant-y-Waun
Thu 14th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Grasshopper Warbler
34 species recorded on this morning’s walk with Gavin Vella. Highlights included a reeling Gropper, a single Swallow, a Lesser Redpoll and singing Willow Warblers everywhere.
Graham Agg
Pen y Fan near The Narth
Thu 14th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Willow Warbler
Willow Warblers clearly heard in five separate locations on the Wye Valley way near Pen y Fan, Cuckoo Wood and east of Beacon Hill.
Kevin Dupé
Goldcliff Lagoons
Thu 14th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Disturbance
There will be some disturbance this afternoon at Goldcliff Lagoons when we carry out our monthly monitoring of water levels and salinities. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Hadyn Jones
West Pill
Wed 13th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Dark bellied Brent Goose
2 dark bellied Brent Geese feeding on a rising tide before flying off west.Also 2 Barwits.
Neville Davies
Goldcliff Lagoons
Wed 13th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Common gull
Also from Goldcliff this afternoon (photos checked and confirmed by Dan Webb) as 2nd summer common gull (2nd lagoon).
Neville Davies
Goldcliff Lagoons
Wed 13th Apr 2022
Main sighting: Little ringed plover / reed warbler
Little ringed plover from hide 3 on the right of the island, also singing reed warbler between snipe and marsh platforms. Other highlights – chiffchaffs, blackcaps, cettis, redshank, gadwall, teal, avocet, shelduck, shovler, stonechat (male), linnets, kestrel (male), 3 herons, 1 lt egret, 4 swallows, 55 curlew came onto lagoon 3 where 263 black-tailed godwits were feeding, which took off and went high. Other: small tortoiseshell, small white, brimstone and speckled wood butterflies.