"eagle ??"..... Wiston

The all dark large "eagle -type" bird seen over the Wiston / Clerkenwell Adventure Park again at 17:10 this evening.

North Pembs.

Teifi Gorge 09.50 - Displaying male Goshawk. Newport (Iron Bridge) 14.00 - 4 rh Goosander, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank.

Bosherston

From Alan Collens - At the beach end reedbed,there were 2 Bitterns in view at the same time-until at least 13.45. Also 1 Goosander and 5 Gol...

Gann

Early evening at the Gann now 14 Brents, including 1 dark-bellied bird, 6 Med Gulls again (5 ads, 1 1stW which had a white ring, too far awa...

Winter Atlas records - the penultimate day

Annie and I spent today trying to mop up Pembs tetrads with no or few previous winter records. This took us north into SN24 (Abercych to Cil...

It was a.....

Common Gull!!

Med Gulls & other bits

3 Meds at Gelliswick this afternoon - same as last week, 1 adult, 1 second winter, 1 first winter. 6 Diver sp flying West towards Dale Roads...

Early hirundines...

...and let's not forget the Red-rumped Swallow at Bosherston on 15th-24th February 1998 - I can remember watching that in a t-shirt ...

Gann

Lots of gulls feeding in the bay late afternoon, at least 6 Med Gulls (5 ads, 1 1stW), a Great Northern Diver, a Great-crested Grebe, and 10...

Earliest for me!

Whilst chatting on the phone to Wdig birder, I was surprised to see first one and then two more martins from my window, shooting over the fi...

Rosebush & Ty Rhyg

From Brian Southern -  Pair of crossbills feeding at the top of the bridleway leading back to Rosebush this morning, two kites over head and...

Strumble Head 26th Feb.

A two hour watch around lunchtime : Red Throated Diver - 4 Black Throated Diver - 1 Manx Shearwater - 1 Med. Gull - 2 Ad. Large numbers of a...

Ringtail

1 Ringtail Harrier at Marloes Mere, around 9am this morning.

Newport

1 sp Med Gull, 2 rh Goosander, 8 Dabchick, 1 Greenshank. (Janet & Karen)

Starling...& Spring !!

Spring first.. ......I see Wheatear at Portland (Dorset) and Sand Martins in Somerset and Devon so far this week........ Starling;- L313596....

Tetrad-bashing - yesterday Carregwastad to Penfatach area; today Preselis and NE Pembs

Spent some time yesterday (23rd) beefing up tetrad records on the coast. Quite a large northerly passage of auks going on all morning. In ex...

Broad Haven South

Pair of Chough next to the car park.

Eagle................??

A very large dark eagle like bird currently (14:15) soaring over the southern end of Withybush Airfield. The bird then drifted S/W over rid...

Westfield Pill

Like Lyndon, in his posting below, I went to Westfield Pill hoping to see an Otter but failed to do so. By way of compensation I saw this ve...

Skokholm 2011

We are winding up for the 2011 season on Skokholm and have a load of stuff to get over to the island in the period mid March to mid April an...

"Eagle"

Update, no sightings Wednesday. The South coast White-tailed Eagle appears to have be re-found Wednesday & present this morning - Thursd...

Westfield Pill

Following a report on http://pembrokeshirewildlife.blogspot.com/ of Otters I thought it was worth 'a go today' However, as normal I...

The "eagle"

The bird has been seen twice in the last 3 days, both times over the area of farmland just north of the A40, around Clerkenhill Adventure Pa...

Angle & Bosherston

At a grey and murky Kilpaison this morning plenty of small waders arrived as the tide dropped - 400+ Dunlin,c.30 Ringed Plover. Also 23 Oyst...

That Wiston "eagle"

Phillipa has just rang having watched the eagle fly south across the A40 from the Wiston area. The bird flew over fairly high at 11:15, and ...

Coastal winter birds and a Firecrest at Saundersfoot

Late last week and on Saturday, Annie and I walked the entire stretch from Poppit Sands to Fishguard (in two stages) to look for wintering...

Ringed Med Gulls

A very brief scan of the Gann from the car park this evening revealed at least 3 Med Gulls in the pre-roost gathering, a 2nd winter and 2 ad...

That Eagle

Intrigued by Rosemary's posting....it would helpful to know where in Wiston (if possible) and also to ask the homeowner concerned to let...

Mid Pembs Indoor meeting

The next indoor meeting of the Group is on Monday the 21st February 2011 at The Patch, Furzy Park, Haverfordwest starting at 7.30pm. There ...

Saturday Fishguard Harbour

1 Slav Grebe showing distantly 5 Great Crested Grebes 1 Red Throated Diver not alot passing strumble either sorry for late blog

Gann - yesterday

Saturday, pm at the Gann;- 3 adult winter Med. Gulls, and a very dark "intermedius" Lesser BB Gull. (Sam Bosanquet)

Plumstone roost

A biting south easterly wind was worth braving for the monthly harrier count this afternoon. 2 males and 2 ringtail Hen Harriers gave a wond...

Doing the rounds

Had a look at Gelliswick, 3 Meds - 1 x 1stw, 1 x 2ndw, 1 adult. Bicton had nothing at all, The Gann was cold & the wind was buffeting bo...

Golden Eagle at Wiston

Just had a phone call from Phillipa Parlor who lives at Wiston as follows: "I was just watching the two regular Red Kites hunting and c...

Avocet at Sprinkle Pill....

The same bird that Dave saw last week still there - so was everything else! 16 Pintail, Teal in large measures too, I was so busy looking fo...

Bosherston Bitterns

Early afternoon a brief view of the Bittern in the reed bed below Stackpole Court and later a very poor, reed obscured, view of one in the r...

Afternoon stroll in Newport.

7 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plover, 15 Curlew, 3 Redshank, 1 Barwit, 4 Dabchicks and 5 Herons looking contented in the afternoon sunshine.

Shelduck and Great-crested Grebe at Fishguard Harbour

There were 5 Great-crested Grebe and 5 Shelduck out from the Flagpoles this afternoon. The Red-throated Diver was on the Harbour side of th...

Llys-y-fran Resr.........Ring-billed Gull, Black-necked Grebe

I was wrong this morning, no increase in gulls at the reservoir roost this evening. But the Black-necked Grebe swam past on it's way up ...

Ty Rhyg

Great view of the Shrike late morning, perched on a dead tree east of the track down from the gate. Watched it for over 15 minutes. It kept ...

Roosts.......

A slightly later drive to work....... Not just the usual flights of Starlings flying east into Carms this morning, but a number of flocks of...

Plumstone, Fishguard and Bosherston

A few sightings from the last couple of days from Leo Reich:Not very many starlings (c.500) in the roost at Plumstone on Monday P.M. (I coul...

Ty Rhyg

Saw a male & female Goshawks in seperate parts of the wood. A couple of Buzzards displaying & one buzzard hovering like a kestrel. O...

Spotted Redshank, Black-necked Grebe.......

Due to the weather driven cancellation of a surveying visit to Skomer,........time to catch up on WeBs & some birds! Guilford Pill, Llan...

Feed me NOW !!

Grebes at Goodwick

Seven Great Crested Grebes by the Flagpoles in Goodwick this afternoon

Strumble today/yesterday

A couple of brief visits nothing much of interest seabirds wise but a nice male peregrine seen stooping at an auk (which escaped by crash la...

Castlemartin Corse and Angle

Did the Webs count for Castlemartin this morning and pretty quiet on the Corse. 1 Peregrine, 4 Buzzards, 3 Pintail, 35 Wigeon, 3 Shoveler an...

Deer Park Choughs

3 on the Deer Park today: one on the South side by Renny's Slip, and a very territorial pair on the neck out by Wooltack Point. These tw...

Plumstone Mountain

Another fabulous Starling spectacle tonight: coming in, mainly from the South and East in thousands, and probably tens of thousands. The tot...

pembroke Millpond

upper millpond 148 Black-tailed Godwits today including one colour ringed bird, unable to get the sequence but I think its the Yellow orang...

Weekend Tetrad bashing and webs

Yesterday Annie and I walked several tetrads in SN12 on Pembs/Carms border, essentially a long right angle from Llandissilio - Glynaeron For...

Newport Sun

Numbers of all the Webs birds well down (1 Mallard!). But 6 red h Goosanders spent most of the day (I visited twice having been rained off i...

Whoopers & Bewicks

4 Whoopers, 2 Bewicks still present at Kete this afternoon.

Avocet & Brambling

An Avocet was a nice surprise during my WeBS count today, it was on the Daugleddau to the south of the mouth of Sprinkle Pill. Impressive n...

Fishguard Harbour

From the flagpoles 8 G C Grebes & 1 Slavonian Grebe. The R T Diver was inside the inner breakwater.

Feeder Finches

Decided to stay in & watch my feeders this morning as the weather wasn't very clever.

Over the border

A visit to Pontrhydygroes was well worth it yesterday. As a bonus the 'Miners Arms' have real coffee as well. Nice photos of the B...

Freshwater West

A party of 6 Choughs was in the Freshwater West/Frainslake area this morning. Also, a ring-tail Hen Harrier was hunting over stubbles in the...

The Gann

Several hundred B/H/Gulls quite active on the ebbing tide, amongst them were 7 Med Gulls (6ad, 1 1st winter) at least. Good numbers of Comm...

Marloes Mere & Martin's Haven

Marloes Mere is quite disturbed at present as a consequence of Canada Geese being shot (under General Licence) nearby. This is making the du...

Angle

On the road down to Kilpaison early afternoon a ringtail Hen Harrier flew over and headed off in the direction of the refinery. At the beach...

I spy, with my two big beady eyes....Dave!

Thanks to Morris for picking it out, stunning views of a very well camouflaged Bittern in the southern reedbed above the beach at Bosherston...

Slavonian Grebe

Close in at the Gann this morning, with two GC Grebes, a smart Slavonian Grebe, white cheeks shining in the sunshine.

Quick visit to Caldey

Annie and I were were lucky enough to get across to Caldey for three hours or so this morning. We managed to cover a few tetrads and do a 2 ...

Narberth Garden

Male Brambling along with several Greenfinches, Siskins & Goldfinches

Brynberian

This is visiting a garden in Brynberian, dunnock sized; pictured by Mike Gapper (Leucistic Dunnock surely - Rich C) I would guess so, yes.

Slavonian Grebe - Fishguard

Fishguard Harbour, yesterday:- The Slavonian Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe & the wintering close Red-throated Diver all present & loo...

Green Sandpiper and divers

Highlights of a few sites this afternoon - Millin Pill - 1 Green Sandpiper. Picton Point - A lot of Teal and a large Otter sitting amongst...

Blackcaps

A pair of Blackcaps were feeding from the bird table at Cilgerran this morning

Waders, etc.

Flagpoles 15.30 - 5 Redshank, 7 Turnstone, 1 Grey Plover. Newport 16.55 - 11 Redshank, 170 Curlew, 6 Dabchicks, 2 rh Goosanders.

Ty Rhyg

A flock 0f 50-60 Fieldfare resting in the trees, the dog flushed a Woodcock. Female Goshawk, male Sparrowhawk and 2 Buzzards

Sparrowhawk

This sparrowhawk paid a number of visits to our garden today. The funny thing was that every time it appeared, our budgie, who lives on the ...

Blackpool mill & Area

Large flock of Chaffinches, Reed Buntings and at least 6 Mistle Thrushes in the first field on the right past the stile. There was obviously...

Pembroke River

Sightings for Pembroke River - 09:30 - 13:00 yesterday 8 February from Barry Potter 2 otters seen below pennar towards the power station, in...

Mid Pembs Walk Sat 12 Feb 2011

The next outdoor meeting of the Mid Pembs Section of The Wildlife Trust is next Saturday (12th February 2011) starting at 10.30 and finishin...

Llys-y-fran Resr.

At Llysyfran yesterday afternoon: 3 Red kites flying above the path just south east of the hide; 7 coot on banks there and another 32 by sm...

Slim pickings

Given the weather of the last few days I thought there might be a few birds about to brighten up my porpwatch but a single distant Diver sp....

Ringed Herring Gull

Blue EUX, at Newport yesterday, has the usual boring history. Ringed at a Gloucester landfill site in Dec 09 it was seen 3 more times in the...

Bitterns and Brents

At Bosherston this afternoon two Bitterns again showing - one near Broadhaven Beach, the other below Stackpole Court. Both remained well int...

Green Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker flying west across the A477 near Hayston Hall between Sentry Cross and Johnston, on the way home from work this evening aro...

Slavonian Grebe - Fishguard

The Slavonian Grebe seen again late afternoon. 1 Great Northern Diver past Strumble too. (Adrian)

Angle & Bosherston

At Kilpaison late morning with the tide ebbing and the wind howling into the bay - Bar Tailed Godwit 22, Dunlin 400+, Knot 8, Ringed Plover ...

Bosherston

Two Bitterns on view simultaneously at Bosherston early this morning, in the usual reedbed between Grassy Bridge and Broadhaven Beach. Also...

More Meds than you can shake a....

An afternoon out with Paul G in the windy conditions focussed on checking potential gull sites on our way down to the roost at Dale (via a s...

Pembroke Upper Millpond 5 Feb

Black-tailed Godwits up to 125 on the pond this morning plus 15 Greenshank. the water level is still a bit high to see if we have any of the...

On the leeward side

Goultrop Roads-C.500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Common Scoters a Red-throated and 2 Black-throated Divers were close in this afternoon Al...

Bonxie, Slavonian Grebe ...& ....

Strumble Head;- SW wind, quite strong ! 2 hour watch 09:00-11:00. 1 Bonxie, 2 Red-throated Divers, c100 Fulmars the noted amongst small mov...

Redshank

25 on the Cleddau, next to the ferry terminal at Pembroke Dock today.

Angle, Lawrenny

From Alan Collens - Angle Bay, Slavonian Grebe this am. Also 11 Gt Crested Grebe, 4 Goldeneye, 8 L-b brent, 5 Shoveler, 8 gadwall and a Gree...

Ty Rhyg

Very quiet but found 3 male & 1 female crossbills on the same tree I saw the shrike on my last visit. Walking back to the car 8 crossbil...

Blackpool Mill

Had a wander around Blackpool Mill this morning with Cliff (Walrus). Plenty of Dipper activity with 4 birds close to the bridge by the mill....

Diver in Dale

Re the previous post: Actually I think there was a GN Diver in Dale - I had a second-hand report from the people who live on The Brig (the l...

Week-end birding

Hi Guys Just spent the weekend birding in Pembrokeshire, I can't add much to whats already recorded but we also saw Dowrog - 3 ringtail...

Teifi Med Gull

One adult Med gull, nearly in full summer plumage, from the gull viewpoint late afternoon. Also 180 Curlew and over 200 Common Gulls.

Grebes

The Red necked and Slavonian Grebe were very close inshore in the bay at Cwm yr Eglwys today ,four Red throated Divers were also present. At...

Pembs Bird Group - Monday 7th feb 2011

Monday the 7th February 2011 Pembs Bird Group Indoor meeting. The next indoor meeting of the Group is on Monday the 7th February 2011 at Th...