Pembs Bird Group

Our next meeting is a presentation on Tuesday 2nd February 2010 – ‘Birds of the Sub Antarctic’ by Anna Sutcliffe. The meeting will be held a...

Whooper swans in Abercastle area during TTV counts in SM83

A longish walk from Aber Mawr along coast and then inland to Mathry continuing south-east to Treffynnon area produced typical common winter ...

A Goose-tastic Afternoon

Rosemoor: no Jack Snipe (a traditional site) but a Woodcock, 3 Snipe, c.10 Canada Geese, 1 Cormorant, 5 Teal & c.12 Mallard. Marloes: go...

Milford dock

Alloy ringed Med gull still present with 42 B/HGulls

Sunday Afternoon Wanderings 31st Jan.

Started off at the Flagpoles where there 2 Great Crested Grebes today & a good count of 93 Common Gulls with smaller amounts of Herring ...

Greenland White-fronts at Marloes

16 Greenland White-fronted Geese in the Trehill Farm fields to the NW of Marloes Mere this morning. 4+ were seen to fly out of the Mere onto...

Sat afternoon & Sun morning on the Teifi Marshes

Great Grey Shrike still present, seen from the Kingfisher hide on the bushes / willows towards the back. No sign of any Bittern. Sat - femal...

White-Fronted Geese

Two White-Fronted Geese (Greenland race) were with Canada Geese on the banks of Penberry res at lunch time today no sign early evening think...

The Gann

A fairly brief foray late this afternoon produced 2 birds I`ve never seen there before, Kingfisher & Greenshank. I`d like to say it wa...

Marloes Peninsula

Picking up on Sash's post we also saw at least 30 Gadwall on the Mere (cannot remember ever seeing so many before) and two flocks of Sky...

Velvet & Harriers

A fine 1st year/female Velvet Scoter showing quite close in with 11 Common Scoter at the north end of Newgale this morning. Further south i...

Martin's Haven: Woodcock and raptors

A good morning, with a lovely male Merlin (the same as Derek's?) huting down the valley, a female Kestrel and a stunning immature ringta...

Carew & The Garden

A quick walk round Carew after the snow produced 2 Greenshank, 30 Redshank and 2 Little Egrets. Birding at home was, perhaps, the better opt...

Westfield Pill & The Garden Birdwatch

From Woody and Wanda Woodward - Our regular walk today at Westfield Pill was noticable by the abscence of smaller birds. No sign or sound of...

Strumble Head

An hour at a very cold Strumble produced 4 Common Scoter ( 1 female ) & small no's of Gannets , Auks , Fulmars & just a sgl Kitt...

Marloes mere

My first visit for weeks - 4 raptors. 1 Ringtail, 1 female Kestrel, 1 male Peregrine & the icing on the cake, was a male Merlin. Nice.

Ringed Black tailed godwit

Whilst doing the WEBS count on the Upper Cleddau a couple of weeks ago, I came across a small flock of black tailed godwits, one of which wa...

Cilgerran Gorge

A female Blackcap in the garden this morning and seven Siskins down by the river.

Movement along the A40

Yesterday morning as I lay in bed pondering on the minor miracle of continued survival and staring out of the window, what appeared to be a ...

Cilgerran Shrike

From Alan/Wendy - shrike & otter seen breifly from kingfisher hide this afternoon at 3.30

The Gann this afternoon

It was always going to be hard to follow on from Graham Rees' wonderful sighting yesterday afternoon. And I didn't: no otter, but sl...

Grey geese over Deer Park

I saw 4 large grey geese flying (pretty slowly, obviously) North into the wind over the Deer Park this morning at about 1030. They appeared ...

Long-tailed Tits

A flock of 13 Long-tailed Tits on the birdtable at home this morning ,it started with 4 about a fortnight ago and the numbers have increased...

Gann magic

At mid afternoon a large Otter fished the length of the Gann lagoon apparently oblivious to dog walkers on the seawall and me on the opposit...

Teifi

The Great Grey Shrike and Bittern were seen from the Kingfisher hide this afternoon. A drake and 2 redhead Goosander were on the river in t...

Firecrest - Blackcap

From Allan Hansen - A Firecrest at Honeyborough,Neyland early afternoon. From Janet A - Female blackcap still in Felindre

Wednesday

Glynaeron Woods Crossbill 4 male 1 female feeding by gateway G.S. Woodpecker 2 Rosebush Res Scaup female Tufted Duck 2 pairs Goldeneye 1 ma...

Firecrest Goodwick Moor 28th Jan.

The Firecrest seen this morning around the last buddleia on the left hand side of the path by the 5 Bar Gate. From the Flagpoles the Barwit...

Sea Empress.

Hi Bob and Annie, I have to say that having weeks of wet cold work dismissed by so called experts at the time was extremely annoying. As I r...

Kite marked!

From Shirley Matthews , "on my way in to work this morning I saw a red kite over the gravel pits by Castle Morris - definite". I a...

"Sea Empress" scoter ringing recoveries - what have we learned so far?

Back in those dark days of Feb 1996, some 4,571 common scoters were found dead/dying in and around Carmarthen Bay as a direct result of the ...

1 Barn Owl

Quartering a field at "Greenland" Clarbeston Road. Good close views by Peter Horton, for 10 minutes or so, around 5pm this evening.

marloes Peninsula

This morning on fields just west of Trehill :- 22o Canada Geese (and that Snow Goose again!) with another 100 or so on Midland Probably 100+...

Blackpool Mill

A Green Sandpiper was in a ditch opposite the mill this morning. (Paul G) The 11 Bewicks swans are still just across the border in Carmarthe...

Pen Anglas

I saw a Light-bellied Brent Goose fly west past the point close inshore at 13:30.

Flagpoles 16.00

The one 1st W Great Crested Grebe & two Mute Swans ( Distant in the bay then appeared to fly into Fishguard Lower Town ) were the major ...

Black Redstart

News from Mike Jones - A female Black Redstart has been in Blackbridge Drive, Milford, most of the day today.

Marloes Mere

Still 8 Tufted Ducks present, also 4 Pochards. At least 50 Teals, about 20 Shovelers and 10 Gadwalls. Two Buzzards were the only raptors see...

Dowrog - this evening

One, male Hen Harrier + a ringtail, a Barn Owl, Peregrine & Sparrowhawk.

Airfield

A male Hen Harrier has been hunting on St.Davids Airfield last couple of mornings, and a male Blackcap was feeding on our garden feeder today.

birds losing their heads

Cliff - your headless mystery bird posted last Friday a Fieldfare, very beautiful markings good photo of one on Ceredigion bird blog today h...

Bar Headed Goose Cilgerran, Hen Harrier Marloes

From Julie Mears - Hi there, we are on holiday in Cilgerran, and today by the river at Llechryd bridge, we saw a bar-headed goose with a gro...

South Pembs birding

Highlights of a tour around the south today Garron Pill - 1 Jack Snipe and 1 Greenshank Between Amroth and Wiseman's bridge - around ...

Med gull

The alloy ringed Med was at Milford dock yesterday. (Sunday)

Newport Mon pm

Highlights: a red head Goosander & a Green Sandpiper upstream from the bridge. 2 Barwits on the mud. Still c55 Dunlin & Herring Gull...

Raptor delight & Penberry count

Our quest to compile a January species list is almost over. In deep mid-winter we find that kicking off the year "listing" a fun ...

St Florence, Freshwater West and Points West

At Freshwater West this morning 32 Grey Plover on the rocks with a few Turnstone and Dunlin. There seem to be a lot of Snipe around at prese...

Teifi Marsh

The bittern was seen briefly at 08.30 as it flew across the Bass lagoon. Water rails heard along with "teacher-teacher" gt.tit, &a...

Saturday tetrad-bashing and Sunday Castlemartin Range

On Saturday out doing timed-tetrads on N coast in SN04, noted red kite hunting near Moylegrove (an untagged bird); on the coast a female kes...

Today

Fishguard Outer Breakwater;- 7 Purple Sandpipers seen today on the Pembs Bird Group visit. Castlemartin Corse;- 1Marsh Harrier this am. (Kar...

news from a neighbouring county

It would seem that for most Pembrokeshire birders, crossing the county boundary into Carmarthenshire is a formidable task, and best attempte...

Marloes Peninsula on Frieday

About the only notable on Marloes Mere were eight Tufted Duck and possibly more Teal than of late or it could just be that in the calm and ...

Elvis Has Left The Building!

For those that don't know Richard Dobbins - Pembrokeshire Birder & top contributor to the Blog - is now en route to New Zealand wher...

Llys y Fran

This afternoon, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 redhead Goosander , 8 Great-crested Grebes, 1 Goldeneye , 2 Goldcrest and 2 1st w Med gulls. The gu...

Swans and Shrike

11 Bewick's Swans seen today in field near Cenarth. At the Teifi Marshes the Great Grey Shrike was seen at 15.15 from the Creek Hide als...

Flagpoles 16.00 Sunday 24th Jan.

At last my first Med. Gulls of the year , 2 Adults & a 2nd W , Gull no's have picked up slightly . Also 6 Ringed Plover , 1 Dunlin &...

Angle Bay

40 plus Grey Plover 20 Brent Geese

Crossbills and Skylarks

3 Crossbills were finally pinned down in Glynaeron forest this morning after an hour of frustrating distant calls. They were in the clearing...

Winter casualties??

Re John M's comment about lask of small passerines in the woods at Glynaeron, we have just done two Atlas tetrads in an area which is us...

Yesterday...& help?

St. David's Hd;- 1 female/ juv Merlin. Brawdy;- 9 Red-legged Partridge. (Karen) Following Dave's super posting on a few species that...

Tesco & back

A brief excursion to Milford today - 1 ad Med gull at the dock. (unringed) Following the possible Bonaparte`s in the week, had me lookin...

St. Brides Bay

Off Broad Haven;- 2 G N Divers, 15 Red-thd Divers & c100 Common Scoter. Off Newgale;- 10 Red-thd Divers, & 25 Common Scoter. (Paul G.)

Glynaeron Forest

Earley afternoon, 7 Crossbills on edge of forest, noticeable there were no small ground birds calling inside forest were they wiped out by t...

Bittern & GG Shrike (Teifi marshes)

Both the Bittern and Great Grey Shrike were seen well from the Kingfisher Hide ~11.00 am.

Bewicks swans

11 this morning in riverside fields near Cenarth as yesterday. (Rich D)

Blackcaps

Llangwm;- 2 Females in garden today, (Merv) Newport;- 1 Male in north Newport garden today-new site, (Tony L.)

Dowrog this evening

3 Hen Harriers 1 male & 2 female and a cracking view of a male peregrinne from about 20 yards

Strumble Head 22nd Jan.

A seawatch for approx. 2 hours this morning between 09.45 & 11.45 produced 6 Red Throated Divers , 12 Common Scoter & 4 Risso's ...

Prob. Bonapartes Gull -- Aberystwyth

sorry it's Ceredigion, but it's quick to get news out on Fri .night. Chris Bird saw what he thinks was probably a Bonaparte Gull, am...

Teifi -- Bewicks, GG Shrike, Firecrest & ....

Teifi Valley;- Actually Carms, between Cenarth & Newcastle Emlyn in roadside fields. A group of 3 ad's & 3 juv. Then c1/2m close...

Plumstone

tonights highlights;- 1 male Hen Harrier, 1 fem. Goshawk, Merlin, & an estimate of 1.5 million Starlings. (Paul G. & Merv.)

Spring in the Air?

A decided change after the recent hard weather..........from Natalie Jones - GS Woodpecker busy drumming somewhere in the garden early this ...

Great Grey Shrike

News from Tommy Evans - The shrike was showing again this morning about 9.30 exactly where it was seen by Wendy yesterday.

2010 Target Species

Completion of annual bird records provides an opportunity to note birds that were NOT seen, as well as those that were, during the year. I&...

Garden Blackcap

A male this morning in my back garden in Haverfordwest, only the second record as far as I can recall - certainly not annual anyway!

headless mystery bird

The severity of this winter has inevitably been the cause of casualties but the fact this birds head was missing when I found it beneath a ...

Pembroke River strays?

There were 66 Black-tailed Godwits feeding on the mud at Church Lake, Llanstadwell, this afternoon, which I speculate would normally be in t...

Great Grey Shrike

The Shrike was again showing well this morning from the river viewpoint on the Teifi Marshes reserve, Cilgerran . From the picnic area, sca...

Gulls at Tenby

I haven't had a chance to look carefully but in the Giltar Point basin at the end of South Beach there have been lots of gulls feeding d...

Plumstone raptors

Another raptor fest at Plumstone at dusk. As the starlings started to arrive, a female Goshawk, male Hen Harrier, Peregrine, Merlin, Sparro...

Great Grey Shrike

The Great Grey Shrike showing from the river view point (and possibly from the Kingfisher Hide), Cilgerran at 4:30 this afternoon. The bird ...

Whooper swans - near Angle bay

John Medwell and Ian Bennett (NT) today reported 2 whooper swans in a field near a small pool near the minor unclassified road to Angle Bay ...

Plumstone 19 Jan

6 Buzzards, one sparrowhawk, one peregrine and one goshawk at Plumstone this evening with the starlings, an amazing specatcle in the high wind

Marloes Mere

A late WEBS count - rather fewer ducks than expected but must be the highest count of coot for the site in recent years with 13 and 19 repor...

Carew/Cresswell 19th Jan

Goodish numbers of waterfowl including more than 200 shelduck, 350+ wigeon, 335+ teal, six pintail but record numbers of shoveler (92)(see g...

South..ish Pembs

Amroth;- 31 Red-td Divers,1 Gt. Cd. Grebe. Wiseman's Bridge;- 2 Red-btd Mergansers, 3 Great Ctd. Grebes. Milford Docks;- Ad. Med. Gull. ...

Great Grey Shrike & Bittern !!

Kingfisher Hide, Teifi Marshes;- 15;40 this afternoon, Janet interrupted my conversation with a prod ! to point out a Great Grey Shrike stan...

Bittern !!

Whilst enjoying lunch today at Fortune's Frolic, to our amazement and delight, a bittern flew past the car park heading upstream. It rea...

Bosherston waterfowl count

Today's complete monthly count of the lake system produced a nice mixture of birds: 35 moorhen; 129 coot (numbers up on a count made abo...

Maybe help some birds which nest in buidings

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Harrier Roost monitoring

Plumstone;- 1 m Hen Harrier, 1 Merlin. (Paul G.) Dowrog;- 1 m Hen Harrier, 1 rt Hen Harrier, 1 Barn Owl (Rob Davies)

WEBs and today etc

The hard weather has produced a better than normal WEBs count around St Davids including 100+Snipe 4xWoodcock 3xJacksnipe 14xTufted Duck 2xP...

Rosebush & Llys Y Fran 17th Jan.

Rosebush - Scaup still present along with Tufties , Goldeneyes , Teal , Coot , Mallard. Llys Y Fran - Approx 3 Goosander , Black Necked Greb...

St Brides bay

One Velvet Scoter was with a flock of around 70 Common Scoter near Little Haven. Further Scoter were seen from different viewpoints north...

Spoonbill

One Spoonbill still on the Pembroke river early afternoon (Rich D)

Hasguard Cross

ps - on the way down to Dale stopped to scan 2 fields at Hasguard Cross - around 500 Lapwing, 26 Golden Plover, and a bonus Med Gull (adult)!

Bramblings & Brents

Highlight of WeBS count at Hook/Sprinkle this morning: drake Pintail, 2+ Brambling with mixed finch flock in stubble fields adjacent to Spri...

The Gann

14 Brent - inc the colour ringed bird KLWR. 2 Merganser, 4 Gt/C/Grebe, 1 ad Med + Goldeneye & Teal (which I didn`t count) c8 Snipe, 2 Du...

Strumble (17 Jan 10)

Black Redstart this morning on rocks in Pwlluog (Seal Bay).

Angle Area

At Kilpaison this morning as the tide dropped good numbers of birds on the waters edge - 15 Light Bellied Brents including a colour ringed b...

Newport Sun am

Ideal weather & tide for Webs. All the longish stay regulars looked in. Immediately 2 redhead Goldeneye at the Bridge. Then on the retre...

International Bewick and Whooper Swan Census 2010

Please don't forget to look out for these birds. All records for this weekend are needed. More information on Earth News

Llys y Fran

Highlights of a walk at Llys y Fran this afternoon were a Black-necked Grebe (presumed returning bird - 3 successive winters?) and a red-hea...

back after snow

16 lapwing flying SE over Tegryn earlier. Are they heading back inland now the snow has mostly gone!

Tresinwen (16 Jan 10)

A walk around the fields around Tresinwen this morning revealed 1 Woodcock, 5 Snipe and a scattering of Redwing and Lapwing. 3 Bullfinch and...

Bosherston and Carew

At Bosherston this morning a good collection of wildfowl now that the ice has melted - Tufted Duck 16, Pochard 5, Goosander 21, Wigeon 12, G...

Strumble Head 9 - 11a.m. Sat 16th Jan

5 Red Throated Diver 1 Gt Northern Diver 2 Common Scoter ( Both Male ) 1 Black Guillemot ( Winter Plumage flew East into Fishguard Bay ) Ap...

Coots

2, on the sea at Monkhaven this afternoon.

Woodcock

4 Woodcock together at Cwm Yr Eglwys this morning by the marshy area near to caravan site.

Bittern, Teifi marsh

At 15.40 a Bittern flew from near the Kingfisher hide to reeds under the Badger path (midway between the car park and the river). An otter ...

Pembrokeshire Breeding Bird Atlas available by post

We still have some copies of the atlas available, but for anyone who would like to get a copy by post, it is available on-line from here fo...

starlings and kites

The journey back from witnessing a gathering of 120 red kites in Carmarthenshire (<1km from pembs border!) coincided with the flight time...

Hen Harriers --

St David's Airfield;- A male & a ring-tail Hen Harrier this late pm, also Merlin. Nine Wells;- Brambling in field with Chaffinches b...

Teifi Marshes

Bittern seen in flight landed out of sight near kingfisher hide around 3 pm Goldeneye female by bridge Little Egret 1

Strumble Head Sightings 2010

After a successful first attempt in 09 i will again be collating a Strumble Head Seawatching spreadsheet in 2010 to aid the collection of r...

Garden Narberth

A male brambling in the garden this morning, first this year.

Deer Park and Jack Sound

Just a quick visit - very quiet around the Deer Park except a few thrushes - mainly redwings, a few meadow and rock pipits. In Jack Sound (r...

Teifi

This afternoon, 6 Goosander on the river (4 drakes, 2 red heads) upstream of Cardigan bridge. From the railings, a pair of Red-breasted Mer...

Starlings - Henry's Moat

I've only just caught up with the postings on starlings. For the record, we have successive flocks of starlings flying over and just no...

Water Pipit -- Newport

A Water Pipit reported today above the iron bridge at Newport, seen at c13:20 today. Nice if some-one could look & confirm tomorrow? (Ka...

A "possible" bittern in Bosherston Lakes area and other winter observations

Today a local regular Bosherton Lakes fisherman came into my office puzzled by a live, large streaky brown heron-like bird he had seen this ...

Pen Anglas

I saw an adult Med Gull fly east past the point close inshore at 13:00.

International Bewick and Whooper Swan Census 2010

The weekend of the 16/17th Janaury is the international Bewick and Whooper Swan census. For those doing WeBS counts, just record any swans o...

Cilgerran-Cardigan

On the river at Cilgerran this morning 2 male and 3 Redhead Goosander (2 Redheads yesterday) on the edge of the Teifi Marshes 5 Red Deer and...

Snow Watch

Should be ok on digital TV, it's only people who can't get digital in Wales that will miss it.

Snow Watch

Tommorrow, BBC2, 8pm - though doesn't appear to be in Wales on digital? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qcjzh I was at Gigrin Farm ye...

Mid Pembs meeting on the 19th

A modest increase in waterfowl numbers at Bosherston Lakes

Despite a noticeable thaw today, Bosherston lakes still have significant sheets of ice cover. As usual, most waterfowl are concentrating at ...

Bramblings, Spoonbills etc

The highlights of a tour around some sites in the south of the county today Westfield Pill - 3 Goosander (2 drakes and a redhead) and a Go...

Bearded tits in Pembrokeshire?

I have received the following record - Last week we had two visits on consecutive days from bearded tits (I couldn't believe my eyes!) O...

Newport Mon am

Of interest; Still c70 mallard & 20 teal. c100wigeon on the Parrog rocks & c30 at the bridge. 1 barwit on the mud as were 58 dunlin...

Trefasser- (Pen Caer)

An unusual site for a Pembs cliff top field, but a Red Kite feeding on dead Lapwings. c300 Wigeon on the sea off the cliffs, & a walk ar...

Spoonbills -- Pembroke River

The ad & juv still on Pembroke River, showing from Bentlass at 13:00 -- more from Pembroke River later

More garden birds

As the Mole was enlarging its ‘hill’ with earth flying in the air, the Thrush had a feeding bonanza. Like the Moles in MI5 this one would ...

Pembroke Area -- Spoonbills, Dipper

Pennar;- birds of note today on the north bank by Pennar spoonbill 2 one juvenile goldeneye 2 dunlin circa 1000 wigeon circa 1500 greenshank...

Out & about in the light snow

Broad Haven: 2 Velvet Scoter, c.80 Common Scoter, 1 Pochard, 4 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver (plus Redwing, Fieldfares, Song Th...

records from today

Westfield Pill;- A pair of Goosanders on the only unfrozen part of Westfield Pill this morning (Allan Hansen) Newport;- The? 4 Whoopers were...

Tresinwen (10 Jan 10)

The 4 Whoopers reported by Rob Johns over Trefasser at 10am were subsequently seen over Tresinwen. However, they had changed direction and ...

Teifi Waders

This morning, viewed from Patch railings: 31 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 1 Knot Goldeneye viewed in the distance near St Dogmaels moorings.

Intertidal Feeders - Solva Harbour

We walked down the Harbour at Solva yesterday afternoon (9 Jan) and noted several Lapwing among the Redshanks, Oystercatchers and Turnstones...

Brambling. St Ishmaels.

Had a phone call from Mike Pritchard earlier this afternoon - "There`s a Brambling in my garden, come down & take a look" ...

Winter Thrushes

Both Redwing & Fieldfare have become " On the deck " garden ticks for me in the last two days , the latter although in a small...

Spoonbills -- Pennar

The 2 Spoonbills seen again early this afternoon. (Barry Potter) (more details later)

Pembrokeshire Wildlife Trusts Annual Dinner

This years annual dinner will be held at The Mariners in Haverfordwest on the 30th January. If you would like to see the menu and details ...

Trefasser, Pen Caer-- hard weather - whoopers

4 Whoopers flying NW c10:00, -- to S Ireland, likely? Also 50 Wigeon new arrivals on unfrozen piece of a pond. Woodcock & Snipe abound, ...

warblers

Blackcaps today. Fishguard, Adrian's garden still- male Felindre, Janet's garden still- female Firecrest & Goldcrest, Goodwick M...

Gann

At the Gann late afternoon: 10 Brent Geese, 17 Goldeneye (14 on the river, 3 in the bay), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (bay), 10+ Little Grebe (...

Angle Area - Red Crested Pochard

At Kilpaison this morning a fine drake Red Crested Pochard (rather distant record shot) in amongst some 500+ Wigeon. Also 2 Pintail, 15 Gad...

hard weather movements

Fortune Frolic;- 5 Tufted Duck, & 12 Goldeneye. (Paul G.) Trefasser, Pen Caer;- c1000 Lapwing on cliff-top fields, 9 Little Grebe shari...

Llandstadwell

Llanstadwell,midday:- A drake Goosander,and 5 Tufted Ducks are the first I have seen at this location, less unusual, an adult Med Gull,and a...

Hen Harrier -- Marloes Mere

The Irish wing-tagged Hen Harrier was active on the Mere this lunchtime. (Andy Davies)

Red-necked Grebe - Amroth

1 reported offshore c13:10 today. (BG etc) Amroth,15;00-16;00;- 5 Gt. Ctd. Grebes, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Red-thd Divers. Also c500, m...

SNOWY OWL

A posting appeared on Birdguides this morning, reporting a Snowy Owl seen at Cilau Moor, Goodwick, between 8:30 and 8:55 on 2nd January. If...

Puffins????

Shirley Matthews was on the breakwater at fishyguard talking to a "local birder" whose name she does not know. He was talking know...

voluntary wildlfowling ban

As from yesterday (8th January) a voluntary restraint on waterfowl and wader shooting was requested across England and Wales. If the freezin...

The Freeze

Both yesterday and today the gardens in the City and the lanes around St David’s are ‘infested’ with Thrushes of all types particularly Redw...

sNOw go area

Pen Caer A melt earlier in the week turned our steep lane into a stream which subsequently froze into black ice. A couple of inches of powd...

Notes from a Fishguard garden

Hi, Redpolls & Greenfinches disappeared a week ago & only an occasional Siskin visiting - but at least 2 dozen Goldfinch hanging abo...

Teifi marshes

With all of the pools on the marsh now frozen, birds have moved on to the river which is also now starting to freeze. They were mainly conce...

Ramsey - cold weather movements

These last few days have seen infuxes of lapwing and golden plover to the island, between 50-100 of each. The ground is frozen over here too...

A cold Gann

With the pools mostly frozen, the river and foreshore was packed with birds - a good mix of the usual 22 Brent Geese, Oystercatchers, Redsha...

Bird feeding & listing

I would agree with Mark - today the number of birds using the garden feeders & additional food put down is lower than last weekend. Sig...

bird feeding

Tegryn: I think that the birds have reduced around my garden & feeding area, & the amount of food eaten has reduced too, just in the...

Hen Harrier -- N Pembs

This male flying fron Beddmorris towards Myndd Dinas at 13:30 today. (Karen)

Monkhaven water treatment works

Just thinking about all those Chiffchaffs & Firecrests that many of us saw this time last year, this is what awaits you now & for ...

Around St Ishmaels in the snow

1 Ringtail at the Bicton junction. 1 Redshank - landed briefly on the road in front me. 1 Razorbill on the sea at Monkhaven. I could see Dal...

Newport Thurs am

Still lots of Mallard & Teal. Also still the pair of Merganser & the Knot. Now 3 Bar T Godwits. 30+ Dunlin. Usual 10-15 ea Redshank,...

Chiffchaffs

Two Chiffs calling to each other yesterday (6th) morning in and near the conifers at Mullock Bridge. Haven't seen or heard a Goldcrest ...

Snow.......

I though others might like to see one of the two fieldfares that have come in to our garden in Penybryn with the recent snow. Tommy

Teifi Tufted Ducks

Opposite St Dogmaels quay, the fields are attracting large numbers of Lapwing, Redwing and Golden Plover. Downstream, the unusual sight on...

Barn Owl 6th Jan

Barn Owl quartering fields at Hayscastle this morning at 9 a.m.

North Pembs.

Felindre;- Brambling in Janet's garden today. Flagpoles;- 2 Gt. Ctd. Grebes on the sea. Goodwick Moor;- c6 Siskins, 1 Kingfisher, & ...

St.Davids

Black Redstart showing well in the Cathedral grounds this morning. The groundsman said it's been around for a couple of weeks. There'...

Starlings

Further to Grahams post last Saturday - a small flock of c200 birds flying North from Milford Haven, roughly in a line from Tesco, over Lo...

Commuting Avocet !!

Hi folks Just to add info to the commuting Avocet discussion, a single bird circled the Pebbles Car Park, Newgale flew north up towards News...

BIRD GROUP MEETING TONIGHT CANCELLED

Due to current conditions and the latest forecast we have decided to cancel tonight’s Bird Group meeting. I am sending emails and phoning e...

starlings

Monday evening at Walton East between 16.20 & 16.35 steady stream of starlings (many thousands)heading due west. It is 12 km from there ...

A New years challenge to folk in south Pembs - can you add any of these missing species to the winter atlas?

With the harsh weather continuing, hopefully there will be a chance to add to the winter atlas species so far unrecorded in the current surv...

Avocet & Spot Red. !!

Sandy Haven;- Both Avocet & a new? Spotted Redshank seen mid afternoon today. (John & Marion) Is this a commuting Avocet? (Sandy Hav...

Dowrog -- Hen Harriers

4 Hen Harriers at the roost this evening. 1st a ring-tail & a male. Then 4 birds in the air together. (Karen)

Firecrests -- Westfield Pill

2 This am in a "near birdless" Westfield Pill. (Alan Hansen)

birds still around ?

On Thursday, 31st December, I saw a male hen harrier briefly near Carnhedryn, on the edge of Tretio Moor. Shortly afterwards, five whooper s...

Wallis Moor

A pair of barn owls seen seen flying out of willow scrub on east side of wallis moor 1645 tonight -lovely views of one hunting for about 45 ...

More flocks of things ....

As Steve says, each field has a scattering of Lapwings but two south facing fields up by Kensington (on the way up to St Brides) also had ab...

Cetti's - Bosherston

A lovely walk today from the one-arch bridge down to the beach & back. Highlight was a Cetti's Warbler feeding low on the edge of t...

Flocks of stuff

The cold weather is providing a few spectacles of flocks which are sometimes hard to find. Over the weekend :- On Dale Airodrome between 400...

Pembs Bird Group

The first of this years Bird Group meetings is tommorrow (Tues 5th) at The Patch, Furzy Park in Haverfordweat starting at 7.30pm. We have a ...

Scaup -- Rosebush Resr...&..

Rosebush Resr;- The imm. Scaup & Pochards still present on partially frozen resr, this pm. Pantmaenog Forest;- Crossbills calling. Teifi...

Black(-eared?) Kite -- Radnor

Not Pembs! but a great deal of phone activity on the bird! See; - radnorshirebirds.wordpress.com

Lapwings, Fieldfares and raptors

A visit to the south west of the county today was non-stop action, but you had to keep on the move just to stay warm. The castlemartin penni...