Goodwick & Carregwastad

2 juvenile Choughs with an adult on the cliffs and around the headland and in the evening four big bats - horseshoe bats? - over the Moor fr...

Fishguard and Teifi

Fishguard Harbour (per Richard D) - 19 Black-headed gulls including the first juvenile. No sign of the Black Guillemots. Jewsons this evenin...

Notes from Orlandon

Beautiful male kestrel hovering over the marshy field around our garden this morning. A juvenile heron has been visiting the garden every da...

St. Catherine's Bridge

Richard - at last, 9 years working for the National Rivers Authority & Environment Agency comes in hand - St. Catherine's Bridge is ...

Teifi

Shelduck creche at Jewsons this evening with 25 young of various ages with only four adults. From St Dogmaels quay, another 4 smaller Sheldu...

Haverfordwest etc.

Fortunes Frolic;- This afternoon, 2 Little Egrets, Black-headed Gull nos. down. 3 juv. Starlings nr. Tescos, also 2 juv. Trafalgar rd. area....

Marsh Harrier

Female Marsh Harrier over Trefeiddan Moor this afternoon (news from Derek Rees of Trefeiddan Farm)

Strumble & Fishguard

Strumble this am;- Probably the highlight, having a search through the c50 Starlings in the last cattle field before the head.(at least 5 RC...

Nest Box Challenge - Pembrokeshire records to date

Browsing the BTO/Breathing Spaces Nest Box Challenge web site reveals that there are currently 28 gardens and 91 nest boxes registered in Pe...

An email message recently received from Clive Hurford (mainly about fritillary butterflies at Castlemartin, where we have had literally thou...

Teifi

This evening from St Dogmaels quay, 38 Black headed gulls and the first juvenile of the year. (1st July last year). No young Shelduck around...

Dinas Head

Chough 8 family party Peregrine 2 male and female Guillemot 300 Razorbills 50 Gannet 30 Swallows 20+

Choughs

3 Juvs with 2 adults on the cliffs at Marloes ( same nest site as last year) while I was looking at them, 4 adults flew in & exchanged g...

Angle Bay & the North

Kilpaisson;- 63+ Curlew, c20 Black-headed Gulls, & 1 male Wigeon, a first returning bird, from where? Pembs. Ringing Group,(150+ birds c...

Strumble Head 09.45 - 12.15

Conditions much calmer than anticipated, although the wind did pick up slightly towards 12 o'clock so nothing exceptional (like an albat...

Fishguard & Nevern Est.

Nevern Est. Update;- 1330; 3 Sandwich Terns audible & sometimes visible from the Boat Club. Fishguard Harbour;- From the Flagpoles, 0530...

Strumble Head & ...

Strumble this am;- 1 Bonxie, 2 Sandwich Terns, 8 Puffins, 7 Common Scoter. Fishguard Harbour;- 6 Black-headed Gulls, but no sign of any Bla...

Marloes Bee-eater - possibly!

Yes Dave, I was also unhappy about "hanging around with the sparrows". Didn't sound very bee-eater-ish. Will try to find out m...

Albatross -- South through Ramsey Sound

An Albatross, probably Black-browed was seen flying South through Ramsey Sound at 12:30 today. Seen from the mainland by a visiting birder. ...

Black Guillemot & Black-headed Gulls

Fishguard Harbour;- 1 Black Guillemot appeared this afternoon as the ferry left it's berth. 5 Black-headed Gulls roosting Stena side. Ne...

Marloes Bee-eater

Hi Rosemary, an interesting report but to me "hanging around with Sparrows" doesn't sound right for a Bee-eater - but then thi...

Bee-eater in Marloes

Yesterday a friend in Marloes reported that another mutual friend had seen an unusual bird in their garden on Monday evening. It was reporte...

The gann

Early yesterday morning (23rd June) the first Common Sandpiper of the "autumn" on the river plus around 60 Curlew. Also got notifi...

Tuesday evening -- first Green Sand!

Green Sandpiper;- Pembroke Upper Mill Pond this evening with 4 Redshank. (John H.) Fishguard Harbour;- 17:00, no sign of Black Guillemots , ...

Ramsey Bee-eater

Nothing extra to report since Richard's email. The bird was found by a day visitor just before 3pm. It was sitting on fencing wire near ...

BEE-EATER - Update

BEE-EATER;- Flew from Ramsey- high towards St. John's Point at 15:40. (Greg)

BEE-EATER to Med. Gulls

Ramsey;- Bee-eater 15:00 Ramsey today, news from Greg, I,m sure he will add to this later! (Greg-Ramsey) Mediterranean Gulls;- Arrivals toda...

Teifi.Est.. Shelducks

Teifi;- y'day evening; Jewsons, ad's Shelduck with 4 small young, & ad's with 10 well grown young. St. Dogmael's Quay, a...

Angle

At Kilpaison this morning a lone Knot with a little red around head and chest but otherwise seemingly in winter plumage. Also 2 Ringed Plov...

Goodwick & Northern Headlands

I got a good view of a badger that paused as it crossed the path at Pen Anglas this evening and behind the Seaview Hotel a big bat as well a...

Spotted Flycatchers

For the record there was a Spotted Flycatcher feeding at the entrance to Canaston Woods today. It was using the Forestry Commission sign as ...

Fortunes Frolic & ..

Fortunes Frolic ;- This pm, 30 Black-headed Gulls & 1 Little Egret. A cycle ride around Millin & Picton, also produced no further re...

Black Guillemots

Fishguard Harbour;- Both birds feeding by the ferry berth at 1700. (Janet A.) The Black Guillemots were present in the harbour until 10th Ju...

Strumble this am.

0800-1100 this am;- 2 Storm Petrels, 8 Puffins, 1 Sandwich Tern & 1 Dunlin all passing west. To give a feel for some numbers of more r...

Hooded Crows

Of interest - 4 hooded crows (together) at Trefeiddan Farm on Sunday 15 June (from Derek Rees). Derek has also had a cuckoo singing there si...

The 2007 Pembrokeshire Bird Report is now available. For details on how to obtain a copy please see here . Congratulations to the editorial ...

Nevern & Teifi Ests.

Nevern Est;- From the bridge, but downstream a pr. of Shelduck with newish young - down to 3 already! 11 Curlew on the dune-spit, 1 Black-he...

Teifi Marshes & ...

Teifi Marshes;- Friday afternoon (& Thurs. evening) no further sign of the Hobby around the Reserve, or in the Teifi Valley as far as Ll...

Fishguard Harbour

3 Sandwich Terns fishing in the harbour first thing this morning

Hobby

Good view of a Hobby feeding over the Teifi at the Wildlife Centre for half an hour this afternoon. I first spotted it from the river lookou...

Teifi

Teifi, this early am;- 10 Ringed Plover & 1 Dunlin, on Poppit, viewed from The Patch where a male Wheatear was present. In the main estu...

Shelducks at Newport

A terrible year.4, possibly 5, pairs have produced just 1 brood of 4 which had all gone within a couple of days.

Bonxies

Two Bonxies passed west at Strumble Head this morning, a good movement of normal sea birds including four Puffins one carrying food.A very b...

Ceredigion bird report

The 2006 Ceredigion bird report is now available at £5.40 including postage from John Davis, Trisant, Aberystwyth, SY23 4RQ. It is well ...

Cuckoos and gale force SW wind (no link!)

I hope there are more cuckoos around but as one who has been watching out for and listening for cuckoos on Castlemartin peninsula and compa...

Cuckoos etc

I do believe we all need to be careful about anecdotal evidence regarding breeding numbers/success etc. However, and clearly breaking my own...

Martins Haven etc

Sightings via e mail from Sash Tusa:- Martins Haven - Female Kestrel last night at c.1900,Pr of Peregrines chasing a Collared Dove (unsucces...

Cuckoos

I've just read Bob's posting about late Cuckoo migrants. Is it possible they are returning birds because adults don't hang aroun...

Ty Rhyg

Whilst checking empty Kestrel boxes at Ty Rhyg today saw a family party of Crossbills with the young still being fed - I didnt know they bre...

Treecreepers - minwear area

Noted the comment about possible scarcity of Treecreepers in Minwear wood, I have to say that this year in a BBS square and TTV areas I co...

Barn Owls, Kestrels and Yellowhammers

During a cold last evenings survey of old farm buildings north of A40/ Slebech , Annie and I did not find a hoped for roost of horseshoe bat...

Black Pool Mill

One Juvenile Dipper by the weir independent of parents, also 2 Adults present, Grey Wagtails with food, Spotted Flycatchers feeding young i...

News at sea

Balearic Shearwater;- 1 circa 5 miles South of Grassholm yesterday. (Cliff B.)

Black Guillemots .. etc.. to Whinchats!

Fishguard Harbour;-Black Guillemots. Have spent some time watching these birds, it would appear they are now present in the harbour all the ...

Another Kestrel

1 Male at Lindsway bay, St Ishmaels, this evening.

Goshawk

Goshawk(male)over Treffgarne Quarry this pm

Black Guillemot

Message from Janet A, 1 Black Guillemot was in Fishguard Harbour today.

Minwear High Wood

This afternoon saw a tree pipit, black caps feeding two youngsters and a treecreeper. Used to be a time when you always saw treecreepers in ...

Waders and foxes

Six dunlin on the Carew-Cresswell today, as well as a few curlew heard calling there and in Garron Pill. Other creatures of note were three ...

Hobby etc

Hobby this pm at Sealyham. St Davids Hd am Whimbrel and many Small Heaths. Yesterday at St Davids Hd: Cuckoo, 13 Starlings (only 1 juv)and D...

A few waders, Teifi, etc.

Teifi;- This morning, only from Pembs. side, Shelduck 10 juv. at Jewsons & 55 Canada Geese. Shelduck 6 newish juvs, opp St. Dogmael'...

North Pembs

Teifi, early morning - wader numbers consistently low now after the big passage 2 weeks ago, just 12 Dunlin and 3 Ringed Plover. 3 Sandwich ...

Late Cuckoos - still migrating?

Over the last 10 days we have had late male cuckoos calling at Stackpole and on Castlemartin Range. Spoke to Clive Hurford on the Angle p...

Castlemartin peninsula seabirds etc and Atlas update

At Stackpole a hobby noted mid week, it appeared at dusk - when some of our 500-1000 pipistrelle , 500+ greater horseshoe and c. 200 lesser...

Marloes Stonechat

There appears to be 2 of these colour variants, 1 seems to have a territory in the area below "Green mire cottage" to the edge of...

Tregroes Moor - Fishguard

All records yesterday; Fishguard harbour;- No sign of Black Guillemots early afternoon. Tregroes moor;- Team visit to the moor, 2 territoria...

Breeding Whinchats in Wales

From John LLoyd, (BTO Wales);- A posting on the Carmarthen site;- 1 Whinchat singing from a patch of gorse near to the dam quarry. This was...

South Pembs

A visit to Stack Rocks in evening sunlight showed off the Guiilemot colony wonderfully yesterday - lots of activity on the stack and loads o...

Dartford Warbler

I saw one at the coastal site in the north of the county as the sun went down at 21:30.

North Pembs

Birds of note seen on a quick look at a few sites this morning; Ty Rhyg - Tree Pipit, singing well. Rosebush Reservoir - Great Crested Crebe...

Strumble Head

Just the usual summer resident sea birds passing good numbers of Manx Shearwaters, also four Puffins.Several small groups of Porpoise presen...

Lapwings inland

Saw a pair yesterday at Llysyfran, they flew over the dam, across the lake heading towards Woodstock, breeding pair perchance?

Teifi & ..

Teifi today;- On the rising tide, very little, 2 Sandwich Terns sitting on bouys, 25 Mute Swans, 177 Canada Geese,... numbers building. At...

May Round Up

Lyndon's monthly round up for May is now on line - click on the Puffins for a direct link.

St David's Area

Some sightings from Derek Amer, who has recently moved to Pembrokeshire, via e mail:- Porth Clais - Spotted Flycatcher and Lesser Whitethroa...

Green Hairstreak

I saw another or the same one at Carnfathach, the highest point of the escarpment between Pen Anglas and Carregwastad.

Black Guillemots & Fishguard area

Fishguard Harbour;- This morning the pair of Tysties loafing on the water together behind the Lynx, not long before it sailed. Nr. Strumble;...

Woodchat

ps - the lower of my two pics makes a really good background image for your PC - if anyone wants a hi-res version please e-mail me david.ast...

Ty-Rhyg & Brynberian Moor .. & House Martins.

Ty -Rhyg;- A visit this morning, viewed from c50m inside the gate, Tree Pipit singing, Cuckoo & Redpoll. Brynberian Moor;- Again this mo...

Deer Park

I was really pleased to see this Woodchat Shrike instead having just missed the earlier one, during the afternoon it was showing on and off ...

Woodchat Shrike

Cracking views of the shrike this evening - I think Stuart saw it after 9pm. I found just plonking myself down in amongst the gorse and wait...

St Margarets

Just updated some of the counts and data:- 342 Kittiwakes on nests - almost all sitting now. 4th highest count ever and the best since 1986...

Woodchat Shrike & Hobby

Deer Park;- The adult female Woodchat Shrike still showing very well at 14:00. Directions see below. (Mike Y-P.) (Photo Steve Berry - who di...

Woodchat Shrike on the Deer Park

A lovely adult, generally sitting in gorse towards the south side near the rath (i.e turn left at the top of the steps). I first saw it at 0...

Hooded Crow at Winterton Farm

While ploughing this evening, the farmer at Winterton Farm, near Marloes, had a Hooded Crow following the tractor. Message via Steve S. via ...

St. Margaret's Island -- Cormorants

St. Margaret's, off Caldey;- The island visited today with the main objective the annual ringing of the young Cormorants.(Wales largest ...

Brynberian Moor

5 Whinchat found on another visit to the moor in calmer weather (3 male, 2 female) 2 Cuckoos being mobbed, one was an adult male, the other ...

Teifi

This evening from The Webley, 22 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover and 1 Black headed gull. Amongst the 120 Canada Geese was a larger goose. I guess i...

Stonechat

Stonechat still present at the rough ground at Marloes. I had an email from my good friend Gavin at Seaton, Devon, yesterday telling me he`d...

Black Guillemots .... etc.

Fishguard Harbour; The pair of Tysties loafing on the still water in the sun this am. Strumble Hd. Tetrad;- A bit of breeding bird survey ...

Landshipping, Hoopoe

News via e mail from Heather Davies:- DEFINITELY heard but did not manage to clearly see a Hoopoe 3rd June 8pm Landshipping SN015E117N.

Pen Anglas

A group of 70+ Swifts circling over head,2 Chough and a male Common Scoter on the sea just off shore.

Shelducklings

On Tuesday there were 13 Shelducklings with on adult on the pools at the Gann - will be interesting to watch their progress. As far as I ca...

Knots this morning in the rain.

Update, Nevern Est., 1000, past HT;- No sign of the 5 Knot present earlier this am, but a new selection! 22 Sanderling, 20 Dunlin, 6 Ringed ...

Teifi

This evening on Poppit beach, Dunlin and Sanderling numbers as this morning but also 25 Ringed Plover.

Whinchat - to waders

Brynberian Moor ;- This afternoon we had a look at the usual breeding site, not ideal time or weather, & only 1 bird, a male seen. Cucko...

Freshwater West & Angle

A little after high tide this morning at Freshwater West 15 Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, 6 Sanderling, 1 Turnstone and 12 Oystercatchers. 20 or...

North Pembs. Breeders?

Black Guillemots -- Fishguard Harbour;- Both birds were present close to the the rear of the ferry at 1400 today. These are the same pair, (...

Teifi & Nevern this morning HT.

Teifi, from the Lifeboat Station, Poppit;- 39 Dunlin, 25 Ringed Plover, 12 Sanderling. 1 Bar-tailed Godwit roosting with Oystercatchers at T...

2.6.08

Nolton Haven, south of Newgale 12.00 - 13.15 Very misty (visibility no more than 200 metres). Fulmars 26 occupied nests, Stonechats with foo...

The Gann

The Gann;- High-Tide this evening, 10 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 1* 1st s. BH Gull. (Paul G.)

N Pembs. waders this morning's HT.

Newport;- On the beach as v.high tide, 5 Sanderling, 28 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover. Teifi;- On Poppit beach as v.high tide, 6 Sanderling, 40 D...

Seabird Counts.

Fulmars;- Adrian did some counting nr Pen Anglas y'day, having noted comments about Fulmar numbers wanted to record that he came across ...

Teifi Canada Geese

95 Canada Geese around the estuary this evening. Looking through the records this would seem to be a very high count for the Teifi in June a...

A yellow-legged gull breeding nr Elegug Stacks

Did the 3 hr long whole colony counts at Stack Rocks ( Elegug Stacks) yesterday. Numbers of fulmar and razorbill down - as noted at Stack...

Ceibwr

Housemartins nesting in holes in the cliffs by Carreg Wylan. 4 Chough. 1 Gannet flying flying very close in to the cliffs. On the sea betwee...

Teifi estuary sunday morning 1st June

Wader flock off the railings: 60 Dunlin, 8 Sanderling, 25 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel and one Bar-wit. Yesterday - Teifi Marshes - very quiet,...