Martin's Haven: Gannets & Porpoises

Standing outside Lockley Lodge at about 1800 this evening during a break in the weather, we watched the spectacle of a group of about 30 Gan...

Gann & Dale Airfield

Gann late afternoon, in very stiff winds: 19 Dunlin, 13 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron & 1 adult Little Grebe (my first of ...

Green Sandpiper

Present at Sealyham, perhaps for a lengthy residence? (+ Eagle Owl Galera. Steve)

Newgale

It was fine at Newgale this morning, but very windy (WSW F5/6). There was a lone juvenile Sanderling and a single Curlew. Despite the bois...

Angle - Rain Stopped Play

Arrived at Kilpaison at 2:30 this afternoon - 2 hours before high tide with plenty of waders on the beach. As I stepped out of the car the f...

Newport Mon am

Black T Godwit & juv Med Gull still present. 75 Canadas, & I was told c 100+ yesterday, so perhaps the Autumn influx is starting. Al...

Dale airfield this morning

Sandpiper 1 :- "Here comes one of those humans, looking for us." Sandpiper 2:- "we`ve been flying non-stop for 3 days, I ca...

Strumble (31 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1600 Weather: Cloudy, rain showers. Wind: SSW (F7-8) Balearic Shearwater - 9 Arctic Skua - 40 (25D, 11P, 4J) Great Skua - 8 Sab...

September 1984

Yes, Richard, some of us were around in 1984. Thought you might be interested in these. I claim no artistic merit for them; I had no sophist...

Pencarnan update

At long last we have Pencarnan to ourselves, the last of the holiday makers are departing, washed away, blown away, and may it continue - t...

Teifi & ...........1984......!

Teifi, late pm yesterday;- 34 Dunlin, 3 Sanderling, 12 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone all on Patch/ Poppit. 3 Sandwich Terns over. Also (as they...

The last one?

A lone Swift over Rickeston this afternoon. Saw the weather forcast for the week ahead this evening, SW gales & rain on Wednesday, with ...

Marloes/Dale Peninsular

It's been an odd weekend: the wind dies down for only 20 minutes and small birds start to move, and even sing: we had a Sedge Warbler in...

Strumble (30 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1600 Weather: Rain Wind: S (F5-6) Sooty Shearwater - 5 Balearic Shearwater - 2 Storm Petrel - 1 Great Skua - 5 Arctic Skua - ...

Why not look for....

...a juvenile Citrine Wagtail? It's already been a good autumn for them, and today one has been showing well at Marazion Marsh in Cornw...

Angle

News in from Richard Dobbins - probably the only birder keen/mad enough to be out birding on such an abysmal day - At Kilpaison this afterno...

Its an ill wind and Im sick of it!

Nice to see RS was filling his boots at Strumble as we more or less blanked on cetaceans on our now abandoned Dolphin-othon. On the other ha...

Bonxies

2 more Great Skuas flew west past Pen Anglas point at 15:15 and 16:45.

Kite

As I was cleaning out the gutters on the house this afternoon, I saw a distant kite over Lindsway, (St Ishmaels) flying west. I did my best ...

Strumble (29 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1800 Weather: Sunny spells. Wind: WNW (F5) (am), SW (F5) (pm) Great Shearwater - 1 (@ 1130) Sooty Shearwater - 16 Balearic Shea...

Teifi, Newport,.......&.......

Teifi ;- Update, On Poppit, 20:00.19 Dunlin. (Wendy) Patch, 2 Sanderling, 2 Redshank, 1 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover. Railings, 30 B...

Nevern Estuary

A single 1st winter Mediterranean Gull and a Bar-tailed Godwit from the iron bridge early afternoon.

Angle

Still plenty of waders at Kilpaison around midday, though Dunlin and Ringed Plover down a little on yesterday - c. 100+ & 75+ respective...

Goswawk, Bosherston

Sighting from Brian Southern - Goshawk being harassed by Jackdaws and Martins near the 8-arch Bridge at 8.00pm yesterday evening. Stalled ov...

Strumble ...... & .....

Yesterday;- friday 19 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Great Skuas, 33 Arctic Skuas, 12 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 9 Sandwich Terns, 1 Arctic T...

Skomer

There was a really nice dark Balearic Shearwater in St Brides Bay first thing this morning

Skuas

I headed straight out to the point on arrival at Pen Anglas because of the north-westerly and wasn't disappointed with a Great Skua and ...

Angle Bay Drama

As the photo shows, at Kilpaison this morning a storm driven Manx Shearwater fell victim to a Great Black Backed Gull which repeatedly pluck...

Angle & Wooltack Point Yesterday

Info from Sue Lamb and Jenni Hood - Last night (Thurs) on Kilpaison beach: c 100 ringed plover c80 Dunlin 93 Mallard and 2 widgeon 1 barwit....

North Pembs -- yesterday

Newport;- 1 Black-tailed Godwit, & 1 Bar-tailed Godwit still. (Paul G.) Teifi;- Last night, 6 Sanderling & c6+ Ringed Plover on Pop...

Skomer today

About a dozen Grey Wagtails flew over heading west this morning, there was a Redshank in North Haven (a really good bird out here) and a Whi...

Fishguard & ....

Fishguard Harbour;- 15:30, Ad. Med Gull, an ad. Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, & c6 Turnstone & 2 Sandwich Terns Strumble 17:00-18...

Hummingbird Hawk

In our garden at St Ishmaels this evening

Dale Airfield

On the back of Hurricane Bill, good time of year, and armed with the knowledge that both Wexford & Scilly have recently recorded Buff-br...

Saving Shearwaters

Hi all, this afternoon I had a call from security at Stena asking me if I could rescue an "injured bird". It was as I supected, a ...

Angle

After the wet and windy morning (just for a change!) I nipped down to Kilpaison early afternoon............. where it was still wet and wind...

Newport & Little Milford

Yesterday;- Newport at c18:00, 1 Juv. Black-tailed Godwit & 1 Bar-tailed Godwit present. Little Milford;- At HT , 4 Greenshank, c50 Reds...

Arctic Skua

I saw a dark phase adult fly west off Pen Anglas at 16:00.

Ramsey Island - Dotterel

Juvenile Dotterel on top of Carn Llundain today

Teifi warblers ....&....

Yesterday am, Ringing birds from the "acro run" still didn't produced the hoped for Aquatic but we did pass the 100th Chiffcha...

Newgale

Two juvenile Knot, a juvenile Sanderling and an adult Ringed Plover were feeding on the tide-line at low tide this afternoon, taking little ...

Kilpaison Yesterday

Info and photo from Sue Lamb - Kilpaison yesterday was quite busy including a knot of 17 knot,100+ dunlin, 20 turnstone, 6 sanderling, 6 bar...

Fishguard - Med Gulls

A quick look at the gulls roosting near the Ocean Lab in Fishguard Harbour this morning produced two Med Gulls - an adult and this 2nd Winte...

Newport Mon am

2 juv Moorhens at the bridge, present a couple of days, are unusual. Otherwise 5 Dunlin, 2 juv Med Gulls & 1 ea Bar T Godwit, limping Wh...

Skomer

A few migrants in the valleys this morning - about 25 Willow Warblers & a Reed Warbler & a couple of Whimbrel, a Snipe & a Ringe...

Teifi

Yesterday;- 1 Green Sandpiper, calling as it flew around the marshes at dusk. c40 Sanderling on Poppit feeding on the tide-line, c 1km out f...

Carew Mill

3 Greenshanks 2 Bar Tailed Godwits

Strumble (23 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1600 Weather: Rain. Wind: S (F5-6) Balearic Shearwater - 1 Arctic Skua - 2 (2D) Storm Petrel - 13 Mediterranean Gull - 1 (1st W...

North Pembs.

Fishguard Harbour;- 15:00, 3 Med. Gulls, ad, juv, & 2nd sum. 3 Turnstone. (Adrian) Strumble;- a good passage of Common Terns this am, a ...

Teifi

This morning on Patch, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Turnstone and 13 Dunlin. Of the Dunlin, 6 were ringed which reflects the nocturnal activities of t...

Wetland Bird Survey 2009-10

It's getting around to the season for WeBS counts again. There are several sites that need new counters, due to the previous counters re...

Petrels & autumn

I'd call all 3 of those pics as Wilson's Petrels. Are the bottom 2 are the same bird? (presumably -- Rich D.) Feel free to follow m...

It`s official!!

Autumn is here!! Dave Astins was seen at the Gann with bins, scope & camera! forget Semi P`s & Pecs. White rump and Bairds are on th...

Shark Fishing from Neyland

The 1st was taken last year, 2008 The 2nd & 3rd photos were taken on 5th Aug 2009.(presumably the same bird)

North Pembs

Teifi, ;- Patch early am, 21 Dunlin 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Turnstone. Jewsons pm, 4 Common Sands. (Wendy) Newport late am;- 1 juv. Black-taile...

Strumble (22 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1800 Weather: Sunny (am), cloudy (pm). Wind: S (F2-3) Balearic Shearwater - 6 Arctic Skua - 11 (2P, 9D) Great Skua - 4 Storm Pe...

Little Milford

HT this am;- 1 Greenshank, 15 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sands, 40 Curlew, 4 Little Egrets, & Kingfisher. (Paul G.)

Gann - low tide

5 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 1 Turnstone, 1 Redshank, 1 Whimbrel & 3 Little Egberts. And so begins my autumn birding!

Newgale

Two Sandwich Terns were plunge-feeding on sandeels (lesser sandeels, judging by their size) just beyond the breaking waves of the incoming ...

Dale airfield & Mullock bridge

At Dale airfield, a lone Ringed plover did get me wondering - having just looked in the Bird guide, I wished I took more notice of its feet!...

Strumble Head

0800 -- 1400;- 1 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwaters, 1 Bonxie, 7 Arctic Skuas, 1 Little Tern, 1 Arctic Tern 4 Common Tern, 5 Sandwich ...

Newgale

Two juvenile Sanderling on the beach this afternoon busily feeding on the edge of the incoming tide. They were unconcerned at passers-by, e...

Skomer - yesterday

Struggling to find any migrants on here at all at the moment but there was a Balearic Shearwater in St Brides Bay in the evening among the 1...

Frainslake and Bluckspool areas

Wader passage evident. On 19 th Aug around 100 curlew roosting at Frainslake and Bluckspool , also 5 bar-tailed godwits (4 of these were ...

Crossen does it again

Wow, Birdguides Photo of the Week - again! Manx Shearwater again, this time with a big Whale in there too!

Strumble Head today

Over the course of the day;- Storm Petrel -- 4 Balearic Shearwater -- 1 Sabines Gull -- 1 ad. Teal -- 7 Common Scoter -- 47 Bonxie -- 1 Whim...

Newport Thurs am

2 juv Med gulls & a Sandwich Tern the highlights, along with Blue BHS. And finally, at last, Blogger has started remembering me!

Another copped it

One for Annie & Bob - there was a road casualty Polecat on the Dale Road (B4327) about 1/2 mile west of Dreenhill last Tuesday night, I ...

Zebras? New mammals for the county?

Good to see that people are noticing these things. Fortunately Ray saw what was probably the same animal and sent a grid reference.

Should have used the Zebra .....

The deceased 'copped it' by Roche yesterday

Fishguard

Flagpoles;- This afternoon, an adult Med. Gull, an adult Kittiwake, & 14 Turnstone. Stena side;- A 2nd sum. Med. Gull. (Adrian)

Hobby

Hobby this afternoon flying over the main road through Llandissillio (Arfon)

teifi waders

Patch this am, c70 Dunlin, c24 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, 6 Sanderling. (Arfon)

Off St Davids peninsula and Castlemartin area

A telephone report from John Rogers (well described) of a Bonxie seen from St David's peninsula (about 1/2 km south of Ramsey) on Sunda...

Teifi last night --

Whilst doing the preparation for this morning's early am acro. project ringing, the following was achieved, 16 Swallows ringed, although...

Newport Tues am

No small waders, just 1 ad Med Gull. But Herring Gull Blue BHS is an old favorite. Ringed at Gloucester landfill site in Jan 07, it was at N...

Fishguard

The Flagpoles, 1500;- 9 Dunlin, 9 Turnstone, 10 Redshank, 5 Ringed Plover. (Adrian)

Wooltack Point: Sooty Shearwater

Always hard to follow on from such "Great" news from Strumble, but I watched for about 10 minutes a Sooty Shearwater flying steadi...

Arctic Skuas

2 light phase adults off Pen Anglas, one west at 16:15 and the other landed on the water at 17:00.

Swallows and Snipe

last week I enjoyed the spectacle of around 400 plus swallows enjoying the flying ants over gardens and fields in Camrose. The birds were cr...

Teifi & Newport

Newport;- Early evening, 3 Med. Gulls ( ad, 1st sum, & juv.) also Whimbrel. (Paul G.) Teifi;- A change in the smaller waders, c55+ Dunli...

Strumble - Great Shearwater

Having driven overnight from Devon, arriving at Strumble at 0345hrs, Kevin Johns was keen to see birds, but his first sighting of interest w...

Angle

Middayish at Angle Harbour 9 Med Gulls - 6 adults,2 2nd winter and a juvenile. Otherwise just 2 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel and a f...

Teifi.. &.............

Update;- 21:00;- Heron Hide, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Teal, & c400 Swallows going down to roost nr. Priory Bridge. Jewsons, 7 Common Sandpip...

Strumble (16 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1530 Weather: Sunny spells. Wind: WSW (F4) Balearic Shearwater - 3 Great Skua - 4 Arctic Skua - 3 (3 Dark) Common Scoter - 31 (...

Sandy Haven

Green Sandpipers, 2 at Sandy Haven yesterday. (Paul Warren)

Gann & Wooltack Point

Records sent in by Norman McCanch, apologies for not getting them on sooner. Thursday 13th August: The Gann, early a.m. - Black-tailed godw...

Survey of Seawatching, Bangor University's School of Ocean Science

The following is an extract from Bangor University's School of Ocean Science Survey element of the University website:http://www.sos.ban...

Flycatching

3 Spotted Flycatchers brightened up a damp & dull morning here. We have had them before but not at all regular visitors, so great to see...

Strumble (15 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1530 Weather: Showers at first then brighter spells. Wind: SSW (F5-7) Great Skua - 3 Storm Petrel - 4 Comic Tern - 16 Common Sc...

Pelagic Pics

Check out the Whales in Wales blog for further pics of the magnificent Fin Whales and a few Dolphins seen on Thursday. I'll add some bi...

Newport, Fishguard...&.. Teifi

Newport;- 0800, 5 Med. Gulls at the iron bridge, 4 1w & 1 ad. -- a good number for the site. Also, 1/2's Redshank, Common Sand., Du...

Deer Park: Peregrines and manxies (and a lot of wind)

Deer Park last night had several hundred Manxies in a feeding frenzy around 1km North of Wooltack at around 1900hrs. On the way back we watc...

Spotted Flycatchers & House Martins

Allt-y-Clyn, Gwaun Valley;- c12+ Spotted Flycatchers with a flock of c50+warblers & tits, inc. Marsh Tit. c100 House Martins feeding abo...

Teifi waders.. etc ....& wanderings

Patch;- Waders on Patch this evening, 4 Sanderling, 20 Ringed Plover & 14 Dunlin. (Wendy) More to come as we watched another 43 Dunlin, ...

Newgale

A cool evening with an incoming tide: three small waders, almost certainly Dunlin, flew along the tide line heading South; there was a flock...

Osprey & a Pink Herring Gull

News via e mail from Julia Griffiths - An Osprey was seen yesterday (Thursday) by Porth y Rhaw, mid morning. And this from Andrew Wood - I w...

Newport Fri am

At the bridge, 3 Herons, 1 L Egret & a Kingfisher (the first for several months). On the mud 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Dunlin, 1 Redshank ...

Magic Pelagic

A pelagic with Sea Trust today proved to be a wonderful trip with good birds - 15 Common Terns, 3 Bonxies, c.5 Storm Petrels and the expec...

Strumble - another Honey Buzzard

There was a spectacular feeding frenzy this morning lasting over half an hour and involving several hundred Gannets and several thousand Man...

North Pembs

Some news from yesterday Newport - 1 Black-tailed Godwit , 1 Whimbrel and 18 Dunlin Teifi at Jewsons - 6 Common Sands The Teifi ringing ...

What? No birds today?

Well, I enjoyed watching the antics of a new brood of wrens just fledged somewhere close to the garden. The youngsters looking a bit gormles...

In reply to Candid Camera!

Yes a splendid day for a voyage out to the Celtic Deep, sunshine all the way. Typical rafts of auks - mostly guillemots and young but also r...

Little Milford .... & .....

Little Milford;- HT this am, much quieter with the height dropping now, 3 Common Sands, 7 Redshank, 4 Little Egrets. (Paul G.) Ceredigion in...

Angle

Middayish at Kilpaison very quiet - 5 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Blackwit. Earlier at West Angle members of the Pembrokeshire Bird Group passed o...

Another garden mega.....

... where mega = large. A Great Green Bush Cricket on an apple tree - the first time we have had one in the garden though they are common al...

Sooty Shearwater

One yesterday, north of the hats and barrels (report from Ffion Rees). 2 purple sandpipers back on the usual Ramsey winter roost site

Southern Hawker

What a lovely photo of a male southern hawker. The males are generally bluer than the females - the last solid colour bands on the abdomen ...

Roseate Tern -- Strumble

Strumble Head;- 17:00- 18:30, 1 ad. Roseate Tern flew past with an ad. Common Tern. Also a very close Sunfish breaching again. (Adrian &...

Teifi today.....Common Sands..

Patch morning;- 3 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin. (Wendy) This late evening;- Jewsons, 11 Common Sandpipers. St. Dog's Quay;- 10 Redshank, 2 D...

Little Milford, Hook ... etc..

L.Milford, HT;- 1 Juv. Ruff again, 1 Greenshank, c80 Redshank, 3 Common Sands, c40 Curlew. Hook Viewpoint;- 12 Greenshank, 1 Snow Goose. Ho...

Landshipping Quay

At 7pm this evening:- 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Black tailed Godwit 16 Redshanks 3 Little Egrets

Dragonfly?

I'm pretty sure this is a Southern Hawker but it has Blue instead of the usual green segments 1-7. The last segments are banded blue, a ...

Teifi this evening

A few more waders around at dusk - 23 Dunlin and 2 Sanderling on Poppit beach. 6 Little Egrets opposite St Dogmaels Quay.

Teifi

Teifi;- early afternoon, Jewsons, 9 Common Sandpipers. St. Dog's Quay, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Redshank, 60 Curlew. Marshes, 1 Green S...

Little Milford & ..........

Little Milford, -HT this evening;- 1 Greenshank, c100 Redshank, 7 Common Sandpipers, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 6 Little Egret, 1 Snow Goose...

Penfathach

2 Whimbrel flew west directly overhead at 18:30.

Llys-y-Fran

A pair of Great Crested Grebes at the north end of the lake this evening - one had 2 chicks on its back. Also a Golden Ring-tail dragonfly.

The week at Strumble - so far.

The calm weather has resulted in very low key passage,with a few waders, Curlew, Whimbrel, Redshank, Sanderling, good numbers of Scoters tho...

Still hanging on - but for how much longer?

Good news first: Swifts are still around and it was nice to get confirmation this week of a pair nesting in what seems to be a new west side...

Pelagic

No Wilson's but around 8 Stormies on a Sea Trust pelagic out to the Celtic Deep yesterday. An Arctic Skua not far out of Milford Haven ...

North Pembs ...& ........

Strumble Head;- This evening 5-6 pm, 27 Common Scoter, 17 Common Tern, 1 juv. Med. Gull - making it's way to Fishguard Harbour? Also bre...

That Goshawk

The pics of the Gos have blown me away - especially the one of it staring out the labrador: Gos: "I am the daddy. Come to daddy."...

Wilsons?

report from Nick o' Sullivan (Celtic Wildcat) of peterel/s with protruding legs whilst sharking yesterday! Birdy Fisherman Identified as...

Garden Mega!

Ok! used to be in everyones garden and plenty in winter but this is my first summer bird for years!

North Pembs &.... Ruff - L. Milford

Fishguard Harbour;- Ad Med. Gull & Black Guillemot. (Derek Moore) Little Milford;- The early evening HT suiting here, 1 juv. Ruff, 6 Com...

Bonxie -- Wooltack Point

1 Bonxie reported at 15:00 from the point. (Lucy)

New Garden Bird? - well this may be taking things a bit too far!

The following observation was emailed to me today from Dave Worrall (images taken by Madeleine Havard ) "We're being invaded! You...

Sanderling at Newgale

There were three Sanderling feeding along the edge of the receding tideline at Newgale this morning despite the beach being packed with holi...

Angle

Aahh how nice to get out in the sun after 2 days of miserable rain! Down at Kilpaison this morning a nice little group of waders on the beac...

Newport Wed am

All the ones. 1 whimbrel, 1 redshank, 1 little egret, 1 dunlin, 1 ringed plover & 1 ea ad & juv med gull. But c 70 mallard, mostly o...

North Pembs

Fishguard;- The Flagpoles, 15:00;- 1 Ad. Med. Gull, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, (Adrian) Newport;- 17:00;- 1 juv. Med. Gull, 35 Dunlin,...

New garden bird

Nothing mega, but as I stepped out of the front door all bleary eyed into the driving drizzle, a Curlew called and I watched it circle befor...

Skomer - SE Owls

There were at least 8 pairs of Short-eared Owls on Skomer this year, up from 5 last year which was up on the usual 1 or 2 pairs of the last...

Fishguard ... &....

The Flagpoles, 17;00;- 10 Turnstone, the first tidy number, 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank -- but no Med. Gulls. (Adrian) Teifi;- yesterday, (sun)CES ...

Stena Lynx III

Hi Richard /all, I spoke to Ian Davies (Stena Port Manager) today and made him aware of the situation re Lynx. He promised to relay message...

Lynx disturbance.

From Richard Stonier at Strumble: Common Dolphin - 2 separate pods - 1 * 20 and 1 * 10 (The pod of 10 having at least 3 very small calves)Bo...

Angle

Wader numbers down again at Kilpaison late afternoon - perhaps not surprising with much disturbance. 58 Dunlin and c.30 Ringed Plovers.

Strumble Head (02 Aug 09)

Time: 0600 - 1200 Weather: Hazy sun. Wind: NW (early on) then SW (F3-4) Storm Petrel - 5 Puffin - 12 Common Scotor - 29 (16M, 13F) Common Te...