Don't forget...

...in all the Pink Stink excitement about the search for a Cattle Egret...cos now there is one in Glamorgan!!!! And it's in a sheep fie...

Rose-coloured Starling

The 1st w. present today at Portfield, Haverfordwest. Excellent selection of photos from Lyndon,-- look at all of them! Some show unmoulted...

Rose Coloured Starling

Some great photos of the Rose Coloured Starling taken by Lyndon yesterday can be seen here .

Angle & Bosherston

Like John (below) I also went to Angle (The Lodge) this morning but contrived to miss him and in the process the Red Necked Grebe! Some cons...

Surprise at Angle Bay

J without M. I visited Angle Bay this morning alone, and feeling more adventurous than usual I walked the entire coastline, twice, there and...

Rose-coloured Starling -- Haverfordwest

Portfield-- Haverfordwest, 1000;- The 1st w. showing well this am., usual site & viewing instructions. Lyndon met with the finder & ...

Sturnus roseus

Unfortunately midway between winter and spring and the picture is of the rear view only, but from what has been said, I would think David ...

Great Grey Shrike

The Shrike was present at Ty Rhyg 7.45am, close to the gate. 2x Water Rails and 2x Cetti's W. Goodwick Moor pm.

Llys-y-fran RBG

I briefly had the very mobile Ring-billed Gull with a large group of Lesser Black-backs on the deserted picnic site at 14:30, the Black-thro...

Iceland Gulls at Llys-y-fran Resr.

Tonight at Llys-y-fran 6 Iceland gulls were at the roost. 2 1st yr (dark birds) had been present either on the water or in the field since c...

Rose-coloured Starling - Haverfordwest

The 1st w. Rose - coloured Starling showing well this morning, directions as below. (Paul G. et al.)

Fishguard

Outer Breakwater;- 3 Purple Sands. this morning, also 2 Red. Td.Divers 2 Ringed Plover & a few Razorbills & Guillemots all presumabl...

Sturnus roseus

Paul contacted me earlier about the ageing of the Rosy Pastor (Rose-coloured Starling!). Going purely on the single pic posted by Rich, I wo...

Llangloffan Fen and another spring-like day

A beautiful day and so pleased to be out of the office for a precious couple of hrs. Two Cettis singing well, and at least 3 willow tits in...

More on Fulmars

I have received the following info from Greg Morgan (RSPB warden) on Ramsey Island which he has asked me to 'post' re movements of ...

Rose - coloured Starling

Rose-coloured Starling -- Haverfordwest.;- There is a 1 w.(?) Rose - coloured Starling currently residing around the houses of Portfield opp...

Fulmars

To continue the fulmar thread, about 2 weeks ago I counted 25 on ledges at Nolton Haven (all on the north facing cliff) - no idea if this is...

Fulmars etc

Just a quick add on, during half term I was lucky enough to go around Ramsey a few times. There were tremendous numbers of both Fulmars an...

Fulmars

Noted Sam's comments with interest. Fulmars down here at Stackpole and Castlemartin coast can be found on cliff ledges some days, yet...

Wheatear -- Marloes

Wheatear; Last Thursday 21st Feb. reported by Graham R. at Marloes Mere. The earliest record by 4 days.

Ringtail

Yesterday (Sunday) at 5 pm I had superb views of the local Ringtail hunting over the fields and marshes just behind our house (the marshes a...

Newport Mon am - high tide

4 little egrets, a(the?) grey plover with 24 dunlin, 11 ringed plovers & 5 turnstones. Only 9 curlews & 6 oystercatchers but still 1...

Llys y Fran Res

Ring Billed Gull Adult Black Throated Diver 1 Goldeneye 2 pairs Great Crested Grebe 10 Peregrine 1 male

Dowrog

Late afternoon by St David's tip 1xSEOwl and then on the Dowrog 3xSEOwl in the air at the same time on different parts of the Common whi...

2007 Pembrokeshire Records

A final prompt to all those who have not submitted your 2007 records yet - the barn door is about to be closed - final deadline 1st March. T...

Great Grey Shrike Ty-rhyg

The shrike showing today. Directions as below. (Janet A. & Adrian.R)

The Gann

Fabulous evening! the setting sun as a backlight provided good views of the shoreline with the incoming tide, pushing everything up towards ...

The End of The World & on the way back.

A rare day out for 3 Pembs. Birders Dave, Paul & I had an excellent days late winter birding today... going north for a change. World...

Red legged partridge

Returning from an early morning stroll at Marloes, 1 red leg partridge on the road between Mabbs gate & Mullock bridge

Castlemartin Range 23rd Feb

Did my last tetrads in this area for this winters atlas: Wader roost at Bluckspool/Frainslake/Furzenips included 110 dunlin, 57 oycs, 20 gre...

Teifi

High tide roost on the spit early this morning - 42 Dunlin, 22 Ringed Plover (more then recently), 2 Turnstone and a Sanderling. By the boat...

Bosh Lakes and coast Stackpole Quay to Fresh East

Bosh Lake winter waterfowl numbers declining quite quickly now but 105 coot, 20 goldeneye (5 males displaying), 2 little egrets and 12 goos...

preseli woodlands

spent the last 2 days putting up Kestrel nestboxes in Ty Rhyg, Pant Maenog and Coed Glynaeron. Interestingly only one party of Crossbills wa...

Mid-Pembs, & the Teifi.

Paul & I visited the following sites this pm, generally without success.(We should have gone to Llys-y-fran! ) Little Milford, Rosemarke...

Angle

At Kilpaison this morning - Barwit 35, Knot 65, Dunlin 300+, Ringed Plover 20, a few Curlew and Redshank. Wigeon c.20. Round at The Lodge fa...

Llys-y-fran resr.

Records for yesterday, Thurs. 21/03/2008;- At the resr. this pm, the ad. Ring-billed Gull, 3 Iceland gulls ( 1*2w, 2*1w) & a 2w Yellow-l...

Grey Partridge

Record via e mail from John Morgan - of 12 Grey Partridges in a field close to Bethesda on 2o February.

Penberry pond

Amongst the Wgeon and Mallard a pair of Tufted duck, 1xFemale Shoveler and a Goldeneye. Loads of bathing gulls but no white wingers

The Gann, 19th February evening

The gull roost was excellent as a local farmer is ploughing and attracting large numbers of gulls. estimated 2,700 BHG and c.200 Common Gul...

Llys-y-fran and area

The Black Throated Diver continues to give astoundingly close views by the boat shed at Llys-y-fran. See further photos at the end of the ga...

Gulls - 10 species in one day!

Monday 18th;-- Llys-y-fran resr;- Prior to the gull roost, the Bk.Td. Diver & Bk.Nd. Grebe were seen, also a pair of Wigeon & 3 Shel...

Great grey shrike

Although quite some distance from us the Shrike showed really well this afternoon at Ty Rhug. It does use the whole of the site and at times...

Angle Bay & Jack Snipe

I picked out the American Wigeon as it flew in to join c.60 Eurasians, 50+ Oystercatchers, c.40 Shelduck, 25+ Bar-tailed Godwits and c.90 Cu...

Gann/Dale

Gann: 14 Brents Dale gull roost: 15 Med Gulls (13 ads, 1 2ndW, 1 1stW) - lots of small gulls scattered across the mill pond-esque bay prior ...

Purple Sandpipers

The annual Pembrokeshire Bird Group walk on the Fishguard Harbour outer breakwater today was held in glorious sunny weather. 15 or so turned...

Teifi Gull-fest !

The Teifi Gull festival continues - tonight (Sunday) there were 4 Meds (2 adults, neither of which were ringed, a 2nd W and a 1at W) and an ...

Nevern

1xDrake Shovellor above the Iron Bridge

Teifi & St. Brides Bay

Teifi; 3 Med. Gulls tonight , 1*2w, 2* ad.'s, 1 with white colour-ring. 1 Common sandpiper opp. St. Dogmaels quay. 5 knot, 3 Bar-tail Go...

Iceland gull and Shrike

Teifi,early morning : Lucky to find the adult Iceland on the sand near The Webley - there werent many other gulls around so it was easy to s...

Ringtail

Ringtail hunting in the fields close to Mabbs gate at St Ishmaels around 4pm today, heading in the general direction of the Gann,no doubt 1 ...

North Pembs

Teifi pm;- 1 ad. Iceland Gull & 1 ad. Med. Gull on the sand between the Webley & St. Dogmaels. no sign of the Gadwall but 1 Shoveler...

Black Redstart

f./imm. Black Redstart at Pwllgwaelod nr Dinas at lunchtime today.

Great Grey Shrike - Ty-rhug

Ty-rhug;- G.G.Shrike showing well this am, (Clive J.) Teifi;- 1pr. Gadwall from the railings, --good record for the north. 5 Knot, 4 Bar-ta...

Westerly Goshawk

13th Feb - Goshawk over Midland. Could be a first for the island records!! Still around 300 Lapwings around Sandy Haven too.

G.G.Shrike -- Ty-rhug clearfell. & N. Pembs.

The Great Grey Shrike showing well late am until 1300 at least at Ty-rhug clearfell.(Paul G.) Rosebush resr;- pr Willow Tit,(yesterday),pr. ...

Weds 13th

Dipped the Shrike but had the bonus at the site of a Red Kite and a second Winter male hen harrier - of which I have long distance pictures

Another trip south

Paul G & I did a grand tour yesterday, highlights included: Angle Bay - American Wigeon (in front of the Point House Inn) Bosherston - 1...

A Trip South

Angle Bay American Wigeon Black Necked Grebe Little Egret 2 Dale Med Gull 1 Ad winter 3 1 winter Little Egret 6+ Brent Geese 7 Goldeneye ...

Carregwastad

I saw a Merlin twisting and turning after a Rock Pipit which dived into a crevice to escape at 14:45.

Shrike & Llys-y-fran

The Great Grey Shrike showed well at Ty Rhug today at around 4.30pm, at one point on a dead branch with a Great Spooted Woodpecker - what a ...

Llys-y-fran

Lovely day at Llys-y-fran - but alas no Pacific Diver (we missed it again by a few days just like last year!). There was a Black Necked Greb...

St.Davids Airfield

About 60 Fieldfares and 2 Merlins on the airfield this morning and a Chiff Chaff in full song on the old bomb site .

Great grey shrike

Waited at Ty Rhug from 11.45 until 3pm to see the Shrike, which then showed on and off for about 20 minutes.

Cleddau

Early morning (freezing) boat trip up the Cleddau in wonderful calm sunny conditions. Got up as far as Black Pool Mill on the high tide wher...

Tenby / Bosherston

Message received via e mail from Steve Thomas - Black redstart on the old Tenby lifeboat station around midday Saturday Black necked grebe a...

Martin's Haven, Marloes Mere, Sandy Haven 9-10 February

Sandy Haven 5 buzzards all soaring together. Flock of 300+ lapwing roosting on the banks of the Pill as the tide went out. Also 6 little egr...

Mid Pembs

Great Grey Shrike on view at Ty Rhug this morning and again around 3:30pm. Mike YP also reports c.9 Crossbill and plenty of Siskin up in the...

Broad Haven

On the sea;- 2 Grt. N. Divers, 5 Rd.Td. Divers, c50 Common Scoter. The attractive male Black Redstart in Wilson Meadow off Puffin way still....

Great Grey Shrike -- Ty - Rhug SN 055295

Ty - Rhug is just south of the New Inn cross-roads on the H'west to Cardigan road. Seen again by Mike until c930 this am, we watched the...

Dale area

At least 21 Mediterranean Gulls at Dale late afternoon, a nice low tide so plenty of space for gulls - 17 adults, a 2ndW and 3 1stWs. At lea...

Ty Rhug (am)

A Great grey Shrike showing well about 10am in clearfell area and scrubby area north of path. Also a f. Goshawk and Siskins.

Teifi and Rosebush

Just after high tide all of the birds that are usually scattered around the estuary were squashed together on a sandbank opp, St Dogs slipwa...

Angle Area

Castlemartin Corse - 600+Golden Plover, 700+ Lapwing, 35 Curlew, 30 Shoveller and 3 Pintail. The Lodge, Angle Bay - American Wigeon, Black N...

Sandyhaven/Egrets

Still searching for the elusive Cattle egret, I now understand Dave`s theory, there were 2 Little egrets (witha few B/H/Gulls) in with a sm...

North Pembs. -- Round -up.

Fishguard ;- -LOOKS GOOD FOR BIRD GROUP VISIT NEXT W/E--SEE PROGRAMME FOR MEET TIME. Outer Breakwater-- 6+ Purple Sands., 3 Red Thd. Divers,...

Pen Anglas

I saw a Merlin perched on a fence post and then it flew inland at 13:30.

The Quest resumes.....

Checked out the potential Cattle egret field at Sandyhaven this afternoon, to no avail, just afew B/H/Gulls. At Monkhaven later on there wer...

North Pembs.

Newport this am;- 1 ad. Med. gull & 1 Grey Plover the highlight. Fishguard Harbour;- 4 Gt. Ctd. Grebes on 2nd visit then back to 1 late...

Goodwick Moor

I saw a Barn Owl float overhead in the lit up mist at 17:45.

North Pembs.

Teifi;- a quick visit, c750 Lapwing on the mud, 1 Gt. Cd. Grebe, 50+ Dunlin & a few Ringed Plover. Newport;- 1 Grey Plover, c25 Dunlin, ...

January Round Up

The monthly round up for January 2008 - put together by Jon Green - is now on line, see link to right.

Teifi estuary

Late afternoon - 3 Barwits and the pair of mergansers were by the Webley. The handy stepping stones over to the dunes have been washed away ...

Ring-billed Gull ---- Llys-y-fran resr.

At c1330 RBA put out news of an Ad. Ring-billed Gull at Llys-y-fran. The gull appeared again at about 1545. It presumably flew to fields the...

Llangwm & Hook

Yesterday, 5/02/2008; Guilford Pill, Llangwm, 1. Spotted Redshank feeding along the banks, plenty of Redshank too. 1 ad. Med. Gull in with t...

From St.David's to St. Dogmaels

Paul G. has been St. David's area;- 30 Wigeon & 4 Goldeneye still on Penberry, & 1 Merlin nearby at Berea. c350 Golden Plover so...

Teifi.

Very quiet, but did have the Common Sand. at Jewsons, c60 Wigeon at the Webley.

Various wanderings

Paul G & I had a bit of a tour around today, dodging showers, and managed the following: Sandy Haven - 3 Little Egrets in a field with c...

Golden Plover

100's again in fields around St Dogmaels this morning. Two years ago we often saw them on the sandbanks in the estuary but for some reas...

Gulls & Waders

Spent the afternoon looking through gull flocks, Llanstadwell; c25 B/H/Gulls, 6 Dunlin, 5 Common gulls 3 Redshank. Blackbridge pill; 5 B/H ...

Sat am

At Millin Pill this morning there was a female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker associating with the Long-tailed Tit flock, and I'm pretty sure...

Monk Haven

At least 8 Chiffchaffs today, 2 in the trees/bushes between the car park and the sewage works, and 6 on the sewage beds (luckily the gates w...

North Pembs.

Teifi;- The pair of Red-breasted Mergansers out of the water resting on the sand outside the Webley Hotel. 2 Bar-tail Godwits feeding at St...

Carregwastad

300+ auks including both Guillemots and Razorbills flying into the west wind between 14:00 and 16:30.

Pacific Diver at Llys-y-fran Resr.

The Pacific Diver showing from around the hide, late this pm was swimming into the roosting gulls. We are not aware that the Black-throated ...

New garden bird!

Whilst having lunch yesterday (31st) a Ring-tail flew over the garden (at Orlandon near St Brides) heading towards Marloes Mere into a stron...