Black Kite

Many many thanks to Clive for ringing me so quickly after finding the Black Kite.  With the priority being getting there quickly, several ph...

Marloes Mere & fields

What a difference to yesterday! A lovely Spring evening. Birdwise, 23 Whimbrel, 14-15 Wheatear, 7 Swifts, c40 Hirundines & about 19 Cho...

Kete-St Anns 19 Wheatear, 2 swift in Frenchmans Bay, with another 10 over Pickleridge later. 2 whimbrel in field near St Anns and 4 at G...

Black Kite in Castlemorris/Letterston area

A Black Kite was flying in an easterly direction on the south side of the road between Castlemorris and Letterston at c.18:30 this evening. ...

Brents

Info from Barry Stewart - Fyi there was a flock of 189 P-b Brents in Swansea Bay on the 27th, seen by Mark Winder. I wonder if these were th...

Skokholm

Our first Swift of the year too. One Kestrel, and Whimbrel and Wheatear still on the move with 8 and 25 respectively.

swift wheatear

A wheatear at Clydau, & also my fist swift of the year here too.

Swifts

From Paul warren - There were 4 swifts flying over Johnston this morning.

St Davids Hd am

A 1st summer male Redstart, 7 Swifts, 43 Whimbrels, 20 Wheatears, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap and a few Willow Warblers. A Dunlin and a possible...

Counting Steve's Brents

Looking at Steve's photo and blowing it up a bit, I counted at least 140 Brents just in that frame: a wonderful sight!

Skomer

Its still really windy out here & the valleys are acting quite well as wind tunnels rather than sheltered havens for migrants but there ...

Brent timings Great to read about Steve Pullen's sighting on 26 April. Mine near Stackpole Quay was around 1300. When was Steve's?

Newport & Goodwick

A swift over the dunes near the surf club this morning.  And a swish-looking pair of shoverlers on the mud seaward of the bridge. Had a very...

Redpolls

Dear All - a few recent sightings from Newport / Dinas.  We've had two redpolls visiting our niger feeder for the last few days.  Quite ...

Brents and other sightings

From Steve Pullen in Hertforshire -I have recently spent an amazing week on holiday in wonderful pembrokeshore, as a keen birdwatcher i wa...

Fortune's Frolic, Haverfordwest

After thawing/drying out after helping out a sports event this morning, went for a walk with my better half and the dogs early evening at th...

Global Warming...?

I`m not convinced, though John`s post is significant. My bored young dog decided we needed some exercise, so over to the cliff path at Marlo...

Great Expectations

No doubt the same exceptional weather that we are experiencing here at Pencarnan right now is being enjoyed by Greg and Lisa on Ramsey, and ...

Newgale

There were 13 whimbrel on Newgale beach late yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, with 2 sandwich terns feeding in the bay. Three beach fisherme...

fledged dunnocks

In the garden yesterday newly fledged dunnocks, I hope they keep their heads down today! re.Ffynone; I went listening for the pied fly earli...

Ramsey - Wheatears

As noted in other posts yesterday there was a clear influx of wheatears here too, though not reaching Ramsey till later in the day. We have ...

Ramsay Sound

From Malcom Barradell - Total of 24 whimbrels last evening and this morning around Ramsey Sound. 7 common sandpiper at St Justinians lifeboa...

Castlemartin Peninsula

Plenty of birds around today, nothing exceptional but three dark-bellied Brents on the sea at Freshwater West were a bit of a surprise.  Als...

Marloes Mere

3 Glossy Ibis, 2 Blacktail Godwits, 8 Whimbrel, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Whitethroat. As I opened the shutters in the hide (Britton) 4 small pale ...

Picton Point Flock of 36 whimbrel, majority of them spooked and flew up over the trees above Millin Pill (looked like a peregrine, but only...

More Wheater

Over 50 Wheater on Skokholm (usual maximum count is about 20), with the majority additional birds clearly Greenland race. Similar numbers of...

Wheatears

97 Wheatears counted around the St Davids Hd area this morning many were Greenland birds; also 13 Whimbrels in two groups and a White Wagtai...

Pied Flycatchers

Two male Pied Flycatchers were singing in Ffynone woods near the waterfall this afternoon.

Ramsey

Male common redstart in farmhouse garden today. Not much else about, single blackcap and a few whimbrel plus 1 curlew. 7 pairs of chough thi...

Whimbrel

From Bronwen Davies - Flock of 12 whimbrel flew in and dispersed to feed around the rocks at the edges of the beach at Caerfi, St David'...

Dartford Infomation

The need to alert the authorities in Pembrokeshire which manage habitat in which Dartford Warblers breed, to e.g. prevent gorse burning at ...

Stackpole/Bosherston Whitethroat singing near Broadhaven South, lots of sand martins  feeding over the lake. 

Brents, cont.... Graham and Dave, thank you both, yes I should have added that mine were indeed pale-bellied brents. I'm grateful for...

Maintaining the Brents theme

For interest, the colour-ringed Brent that was present at The Gann and Kilpaison earlier in the spring was seen by Graham McElwaine in Killo...

Ponderings on Brents

Very thought provoking and considered post from Graham.  My personal view from limited knowledge gleaned from 'developments' at the ...

Skomer

Good northerly passage of Swallows & a few Sand Martins here too today, plus a few Whimbrel around & lots of Wheatears - most of the...

Solva

9 Common sandpipers in the mouth of the stream by the Gribbin. Also a Cuckoo singing and 2 greenland wheatears.

Dale Airfield Flock of 17 chough in the valley by the Hookses this evening with a further 6 just south of West Dale and 2 birds at Kete. ...

Newgale

This afternoon there was a steady, constant passage of swallows (averaging 25 a minute) heading north in the lee afforded by the coast to th...

Brent Geese

The Brents seen off the south coast by Richard Ellis raises a number of interesting points. To begin with it is the largest number recorded ...

Marloes Mere..... a bit later.

3 Glossies, 4 Swifts, 1 Sedge Warbler singing, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew & 1 Dunlin on the track, by the barbed wire gate. Interesting weathe...

Re the ringed Brent

The ringed Brent at Kilpaison in April was the same bird as had been reported from the Gann in March - on 11th and 24th and probably at othe...

St.Davids Airfield

On a rather cold and wet Airfield this morning there was an impressive fall of Wheatears, also 12 Whimbrel and 6 Ringed Plovers on the runwa...

A treat in the rain

Early AM, on entering Canaston Wood, we very quickly picked up the song of three Wood Warblers, and not far away,along the route of the gas ...

Common Sands and Whimbrel

Two Common Sandpipers were on rocks near lifeboat pen in Fishguard Harbour and a flock of about fifty whimbrel flew overhead as I drove alon...

Glossy Ibises

Yes! 3 still at Marloes Mere at 07:30 this morning, I was actually relieved to find them again.

Colour-ringed Brent details

The colour-ringed pale-bellied Brent Goose that was present in Angle Bay on 11th and 12th April this year was a female ringed at Bakki, Grun...

Swift

I also had a swift this evening along the A40 on my way home from work - it was not far from Penblewin.  Always great to see your first mobi...

Ramsey

Not as many migrants here as Skomer and Skokholm but we did get our first swift of the year (1 heading north). Also 20 willow warblers, 6 bl...

Skomer

Good numbers of migrants in here too - about 50 Blackcaps, 40 Willow Warblers, 4 Grasshopper Warblers, our first Whitethroat of the year, a ...

Swifts

Two Swifts flew west at Cwm yr Eglwys this morning,yesterday a Cuckoo at Dinas Cross and also a Barn Owl seen at near Jordanston.

Bosherston/Stackpole Bosherston Lakes E Arm - 3 common sandpipers (2+1). First reed warbler in the reedbed near the outlet (first sedge the...

Whimbrel

From John Shrouder - Approximately 20 Whimbrel briefly on Abereiddy beach amongst the boulders at 7.30 this morning. And from Mervyn Jones a...

Skokholm

Woke up to an island full of birds; c.200 Willow Warblers, 50 Blackcaps, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warblers, 5 Gre...

More Whimbrel

Between 50 and 70 Birds on Whitesands beach at day break this morning - 'hiding' in the large boulders Near the Rams Nose

St Davids Hd

Post storm: fem Merlin, 30 Wheatears, a steady trickle of Hirundines, a few Willow Warblers and 2 Blackcaps with single Sedge and Grasshoppe...

More Whimbrel...

15, flew into Marloes Mere from St Bride`s way, didn`t land, headed off in a Southerly direction. Still the solitary Lapwing. Swallows, Chif...

Carew Mill Two whimbrel on the mudflats below the dam. Whimbrel everywhere!

Skokholm

Lots of things passing through yesterday; 150 Willow Warblers, 35 Chiffchaff, 25 Blackcaps, 4 Grasshopper Warblers, 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Whit...

Whimbrels etc

From John Stewart-Smith: Each year we note small numbers of whimbrel moving through the same fields near Aber Mawr on almost exactly the sa...

St Davids Hd

Quite good numbers of Willow Warblers again as with Skomer (though without the Hawfinch unfortunately), small numbers of other finches, most...

Lesser Whitethroat

A male Lesser Whitethroat singing at Fishguard Fort this morning.

Glossies at Marloes

Couldn`t see them anywhere despite looking for 45 mins & was just begining to think they were winging it over the Bay of Biscay, when th...

Bentlass Osprey

From Andy & Helen Hatton - Hi, we have just spotted an Osprey on the southern shore of the Pembroke river at Bentlass.It was feeding on...

Newport Tues pm

6 Whimbrels, 2 Common Sands & a lone Redshank. 4 pairs of Shelduck.

Skomer

I was sat in North Valley early this afternoon watching Willow Warblers & I could hear something calling on the other side of the bushes...

Deer Park

From M Jones - Cuckoo reported calling briefly on Deer Park and I had a Gropper calling in the Haven plus 6 Whimbrel over.

Ramsey

Wing tagged red kite over island this afternoon (white tag on right wing, nothing on left). Also today - single grasshopper warbler, tree pi...

kestrel

Late post; a kestrel at Crosswell last Tuesday (17th)

Whimbrel

11, at Sandy Haven chapel this evening.

Kestrel Movement

Following on from Greg and Lisa's obsevation, we can report that "their" Kestel hunts in "our" Kestel's territor...

Ramsey

150 Goldfinch came in off the sea from the west early this morning and headed across the island to the mainland in an easterly direction. Si...

Kestrel

Male hovering over field alongside A477 just outside Steynton, Friday 20th April.

Swallow movement on saturday

Whilst surveying for breeding kestrels along the north coast of the St David's penninsula between the Head and Abereiddy on Saturday the...

Kestrels - appeal for sightings

As in the last two years there is will be a dedicated effort to survey breeding kestrels in 2012. In the past the survey results have been g...

Marloes Mere today

3 Glossies close to the barbed wire gate early this morning (c7:30). Unable to locate them this afternoon - they don`t seem to like windy co...

Skomer

A few Willow Warblers & Blackcaps around still, at least 6 Whimbrels, Lewis saw a Redstart at the farm briefly and there's a nice Cu...

Goldcrests?

Conspicuous by their absence from all the places I normally expect to see or hear them, anyone else notice a shortfall in numbers?

Black Guillemots

Three summer plumaged Black Guillemots in Fishguard Harbour this morning.

St David's Airfield

From Sandrajane Young - Yesterday at St. Davids Airfield, 1 Kestrel, 2 whitefronted geese Today, Sunday, the wfg have moved to field at the...

Skokholm

As with other places we've good numbers of Willow Warblers (100), Blackcap (15), Whimbrel (5) and Swallows (moving through at about 1 pe...

St Davids Hd am

A strong Hirundine passage once again, pretty constant westerly movement all morning. The rump of the Willow Warbler fall still evident too....

Marloes Mere

3 Glossies sheltering from the wind & difficult to see, however Swallow numbers up - c50, with a few Sandmartins, 3 Shelduck, 1 Snipe, C...

Ramsey

Red kite over Ramsey today. Less willow warblers than yesterday - c 20-30 plus 8 blackcaps. Large swallow movement, roughly 3,000+ moved nor...

Teifi Marshes

No sign of the Little Bittern from Kingfisher Hide up to 1.30pm. A Hobby flew through early morning. Reed, Cetti's & Sedge Warbler p...

Glossies (again)

Down at the Western end of the Mere this morning. A few Chiffchaffs around the YHA, Swallows about the same as last evening.

Glossy Ibis Marloes Mere

Still 3 this afternoon, Swallow numbers increasing.

SKOMER - Willow Warbler invasion

110+ Willow Warblers 1 Grasshopper Warbler 1 Sedge Warbler 1 Whimbrel First Razorbill egg Dave Boyle (posted by Chris!) 6 Blackcaps

Ramsey

200+ willow warblers dotted all round the island today, they were everywhere. 10+ blackcaps and a male house sparrow too. A minimum of 1000 ...

Mid Pembs Section of the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

For details of a field trip this week-end and an indoor meeting on Monday please use the link to the Pembrokeshire Bird Group Blog Site or t...

Little Bittern

As Dave reports, the Superb male Little Bittern showed well several times around midday. There are better images on the way. To echo John an...

A Good Fall

First prize for abundance today goes to Willow Warbler . In the coastal region west of St Davids, no shrubbery was without this sallying mig...

Little Bittern @ Teifi Marshes

The male has been seen again briefly by Paul Grennard at 1pm, from the Kingfisher Hide (the first hide reached when walking west from the ca...

Little Bittern Cilgerran

Just back from 2 weeks in Baja California whale watching and some news in via the e mail:- From Sarah Bebb - male Little Bittern seen from ...

Goslings

2 adult grey geese (Greylags?) with 3 goslings crossing the road on the hill down to Cresswell Quay from Cresselly yesterday evening at 5.30...

Flagpoles 17.00

Even though the tide was very high , 2 Common Sands & 11 Whimbrel unfortunately the Whimbrel finding it difficult to settle with quite a...

Teifi Whimbrel

2 Whimbrel and a Black-tailed Godwit by The Webley this afternoon.

Dale airfield and Gann

Very blustery but interesting evening. Up at the airfield large flock of 70-80 linnet in sheep field by gate and later along runway. Flock o...

Black Kite

One heading over Spittal Cross towards Ambleston at 115pm, seen by Ed Hunter. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

Whitefronts

The 3 Greenland Whitefronts still present in the same field near Ivor's Pond.

Ramsey

Ring ouzel yesterday. Garden warbler and merlin today. Pair of short-eared owls a couple of nights ago over the area where they bred in 09 a...

Whimbrel

A Whimbrel on the beach at Abermawr this afternoon.

St Davids am

The 3 Greenland Whitefronts still in a field at the Treleddyd Fawr turning, nr Ivor's Pond. Looking more closely, it seems one may be a ...

Skomer Island

First Grasshopper Warbler of the year this morning. Also, a Coot on North Pond was an unusual sight! Water Rail showing well at Moory Mere,...

Glossy Ibis @ Marloes Mere

Three birds still present this morning, viewable from the Britton Hide feeding in the shallow water. One bird then flew to the flood in fro...

Glossy Ibis / Fox

The 3 Ibises were in front of a gorse hedge on the mere, keeping out of the wind, when a Fox poked his head through & startled them - he...

Skokholm

Hooded Crow over this morning, possibly first since 1987. Also Rook, decent number of Willow Warblers and more Swallows and Martins moving t...

St Davids

Three adult Greenland Whitefronts at Ivor's Pond and nearby fields this morning. A steady Hirundine passage, Swallows mostly, and a sing...

Glossy Ibis/ Marloes Mere

3 Still, feeding in front of the white cottage. 1 Black Headed Gull, heading East, plenty of Chiff/Willows in the hedgerows, 1 House Martin,...

Martin's Haven this morning

A surprise fall of at least 30 Chiffchaffs in the valley: it seemed as though there was one in every bush and behind every blade of grass fo...

Green Sandpiper

One flushed from a ditch on the edge of the estuary at Milton Bridge caravan park this evening (Friday) at 18.30. (Ian Bartlett)

Friday 13th at Stackpole/Bosherston My first grasshopper warbler of the year at the top end of the Mere Pool Valley (between Bosherston and ...

A quick trip up the Cleddau

I went on a brief Osprey search yesterday afternoon, going from Pembroke Bridge up to Slebech. No Osprey, alas: the tide was falling and I w...

North Pembs. - Cuckoos

Yesterday (12th)at Abercastle ..... Cuckoo over flew village at 7.20 am, pair of Chough, one of which was ringed and I have watched for the ...

Cuckoo - Pantmaenog

Cuckoo in the valley up beyond Pantmaenog House this evening, calling and moving amongst the conifers. A couple of swallows, flock of 50 odd...

Marloes Mere Glossies/ White Wags

3 Glossies there this evening (eventually appearing from Trehill farm area) 18 White Wagtails in the graded fields - as per Dave - looking v...

Old ears......

........well not so old. Our lunchtime greeting here at Pencarnan was provided by GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Time is ticking, but for us, the Gro...

Marloes to Martin's Haven

A lovely walk this morning from Musselwick west to Martin's Haven, and back via Marloes Mere. Some passage evident, with Swallows, fewe...

Skomer

Couldn't find the Nightingale first thing this morning but while I was looking for it 2 of the best Mealy Redpolls I've ever seen dr...

Chettis on Goodwick Moor.

I think I was first shown Goodwick Moor by Steve Berry fifteen or more year's ago. Not long after, our erstwhile county recorder Graham ...

Skomer

There was a Nightingale down the bottom of North Valley this afternoon - we mainly saw it in flight & it would only sit out in the open ...

St.Davids Airfield

A singing Willow Warbler at the back of the Airfield this morning, joining in with Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and Song Thrushes --some choir! ...

Skokholm

A small fall of Willow Warblers this morning; 20-30 round the buildings. 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap. very little Swallow movement; 15 birds pl...

Yellowhammers,...........Templeton Airfield

Willow warblers, two seen five heard, 5 pairs of yellowhammers, two mistle thrushes, a multitude of chiffchaffs and linnets this morning. Da...

Glossy Ibis

Hi, just to say I went to marloes mere yesterday evening, for the 1st time I might add as I am on holiday, and was lucky enough to see 3 g...

Kilpaison and Pembroke Millpond

The number of Brents at Kilpaison had increased to 34 this morning, now comprising 33 pale-bellied and 1 dark-bellied, otherwise only a sing...

Newport

An evening stroll to Carningli Lodge found a Willow warbler, m Cuckoo, 15 Fieldfares, a startled Snipe and a reeling Grasshopper Warbler.

Sedge Warbler, Rb Gull - Teifi

7pm the Ring-billed Gull on the mud below the Co-op car park. Sedge Warbler singing near Mallard Hide, a few Sand Martins, Swallow and a fe...

Camrose Stock Doves

For several years now I have seen flocks of Stock Doves on arable land around Camrose over the winter. On a walk this evening in a wooded va...

Heron at Blackbridge

I stopped off at Castle Pill around 7.45am this morning, just in time to see a couple of gulls mobbing a heron in flight at the mouth of the...

Great Grey Shrike - Ty Rhyg

The shrike was using the four very tall conifers to the left of the track this evening, it repeatedly fluttered-up (catching flying insects ...

Choughs

A flock of 12 sub-adult Choughs wheeling & calling for c 1/2 hr over Dinas Head this morning.

Brents at Kilpaison

A flock of 32 Brents at Kilpaison this morning, comprising 31 pale-bellied Brents and 1 dark-bellied.  One of the pale-bellied individuals w...

Marloes Mere Wednesday morning

Ibises behaving well this morning - feeding very actively in knee-deep (ankle-deep?) water close to the track just beyond the hide, looking ...

Glossies at Marloes Mere

Three together this evening at the West end of the Mere, quite happy to let me look at them from close range. They really do have the "...

Sash`s Heron

Saw it in the trees upstream of the pill, around 7:30 this morning facing me, maybe 200m away. I didn`t have time to hang about - enroute to...

Willow Tit - Canaston Woods

Very vocal willow tit in the larches at Canaston Woods this morning, along with feeding siskins. Also 13 turnstones on the beach at Wisemans...

Bits & Bobs

A Lesser Whitethroat singing (well, 1 burst) in our hedge - a regular site in the last couple of years. A Merlin low over the fields at Aber...

w-w

Willow Warbler, Bwlch-y-Groes this morning (1st one of year heard here)

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler singing at a distinctly cool Kilpaison this morning.

Common Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull - Teifi

1 Common Sandpiper below Priory Bridge this evening, and the Ring-billed Gull preening on the opposite bank opposite Curlew Hide.

Glossies at Marloes Mere

All 3 tonight,flew from the West of the Mere to the corner below the cottage near the YHA

Garden Warbler

A Garden Warbler was singing in the rain at The Rhos in what has been a traditional territory for a few years now.

Brents - High Tide at Gann

The Brents were up to an impressive 68. Up at Kete 13 chough (flock of 7 in field, 4 on path, and a pair). Between St Ann's and West Dal...

Possible Purple Heron, Castle Pill, nr Milford

Driving past Castle Pill this afternoon at about 1530 I saw an odd-coloured large heron feeding above the causeway. I was (just) able to sto...

Marloes Peninsular

I am rather intrigued by Derek's 2+1 theory for the Glossies. On Saturday evening I watched 2 birds go to roost towards the centre of th...

St. David's area Saturday - chats

Hi, Just to say, I was out yesterday morning, mainly along the coast path between Caerfai and the Solva side of Caerbwdi. Heard a lot of...

Plumstone

Female Hen Harrier quartering the heath and Red Kite sailed over and out of sight near the plantation.

Glossies at Marloes Mere

Yes, back to three, it was 2 + 1 again as I left around 6pm. 1 White Wagtail, 1 drake Wigeon in with the dabblers & for Andrew & Ni...

Glossy Ibis - Marloes

Three Ibis showing well by the barbed wire topped gate at about 1150 this morning before flying to far side of the Mere. But no hirundines !...

Ramsey - Ring Ouzel

Male ring ouzel at bungalow today (probably a different bird to the one at the south end a few days ago). First house martin of the year tod...

Osprey on the Cleddau

Picton Point: Spent a good 30-40mins watching an osprey at low tide today, made 3 or 4 hovers but didn't commit, a 'squadron' of...

Willow warblers   Willow warblers singing below the path along from the car park at Blackpool Mill - my first of 2012.

Glossies at Marloes Mere

Just two this morning, viewed at 25-30m from the barbed wire topped gate, stunning birds. I looked for number 3 but no sign of it.

Great Grey Shrike - Ty Rhyg

The shrike was in the cleared area at the very end of the track SN041302. Keeping distant and very active, it caught what was either a large...

Ramsey + Trefeiddan

6 purple sandpipers still hanging on at the usual roost on Ramsey (thanks to Ffion from Voyages of Discovery for the record). Juv hen harrie...

Ring-billed Gull - Teifi

With today's massive tides, the R-b Gull was forced as far as the Webley to roost. No doubt back to the restaurants car- park /Priory Br...

Night Heron?

This is part of an Email I received last night. 05/04/2012 on the eastern Cleddau, I think the village is called Llawhaden, there is a bridg...

Martin's Haven this morning

Plenty of singing Linnets and at least 3 pairs of Stonechats on the Deer Park. Also, 10 Chough near Wooltack Point. No migrants in the valle...

Glossy Ibis Marloes Mere

The 3 Ibises have always been three, always flying together, feeding together, last night they were all together. This morning, they were 2 ...

Ring Ouzel - Skomer

A male Ring Ouzel on Skomer Island yesterday. Seen in the afternoon at the Trig Point, near the farm. Sarah Harris.

Hen Harrier to Hare.....

A six hour yomp across the Preselis in search of archaeology gave good views of sixteen Golden Plover, a male Hen Harrier, two Red Kites a...

Glossies (again)

Seem to have spent the day in a difficult part of the Mere to view - close to the willow hedge that runs along the drainage ditch,in the fie...

Llangloffan Cross

About 60 Golden Plovers, mostly in summaer plumage, landed in a roadside field.

Kete to Watwick

Numbers of chough - flock of 10 in field by Kete, group of 4 plus another 2 at St Anns. A kestrel repeatedly dive-bombed the 10! 6 wheatear,...

Frenni fach

1st swallow seen passing at speed. Yesterday - Cym Cych - Gt-spotted woodpeckers drumming, blackcap singing, & several c-c along the va...

Pantmaenog

First chiffchaff, swallow (1) and wheatear (pair) this morning. No sign of any shrike here or from the gate at Ty Rhyg.

Hooded Crow

At St Davids Head, the Hoodie was unusually obliging, landing nearby before flying to Whitesands Bay and, it seemed, the Golf Course. A few ...

Geese

The pair of Whitefronts were still on StDavids Airfield this morning, grazing just off the main runway. Going by the shape and colour of the...

Mostly Shelducks

Three pairs of Shelducks were spaced out at the Gann lagoon yesterday, holding territory against the day when young are led there. Meanwhile...

Glossy Ibis/ Marloes Mere

Still there this AM, West end of the Mere, in with the cattle & almost impossible to see from the track and field. 1 Lapwing, 3 Swallows...

Glossies

I bumped into a visiting couple yesterday early evening (about 5.30pm) who were excited that they had just found 3 'dark' ibis, alth...

Geese

Pair of Whitefronts on St.Davids Airfield this morning. Feeding by the cattle troughs on the main E.W. runway.

Inclement weather

A Gannet, fishing close to the Irish ferry at Pembroke Dock today - this evening at Marloes Mere, 1 Grey Plover. Not suprisingly everything ...

Skomer and Skokholm March Highlights

Skomer March Highlights (Sarah) Skokholm March Highlights (Jerry)

Winter still here

A flock of 20 fieldfares at have been Llandilo the last three days, perhaps not inspired to migrate in these cool north easterlies - I don&#...

Winter Birding

Well it feels like Winter. At Strumble for a brief watch Manxies and Gannets passing, nothing else. The Lookout providing little shelter in ...

Ramsey - Ring Ouzel

Male ring ouzel on the island today. Also ringed plover, house sparrow and the long staying juv hen harrier.

Long staying Ring Ouzel?

Arriving at St Justinian early this morning, ahead of any disturbance from any boatmen, rewarded us with our best ever views of a male Ring ...

Sunday morning on Castlemartin Range and Monday morning at Stackpole

Yesterday, whilst it was generally quiet for spring migrants (other than Chiffs) local breeding wheatears were fairly numerous - at least 15...

Skokholm -- Osprey

Around 9.40 this morning the sky filled with angry gulls as an Osprey headed north-east across the island then off toward Marloes. A few mor...

Glossies at Marloes Mere

Around 7pm they (3) flew in to roost in front of the Britton hide, either from the West end of the Mere, or further out. Impressive Glossy o...

Back to Pencarnan

On each occasion we return to the camp site it is with anticipation: what's new we ask? Only half an hour into our first walk around our...

Skomer 1st April

20 Linnets around the farm AM 3 willow warblers 87 grey seals in north haven 1000+ puffin in north haven at dusk Peregrine at High Cliff, Pa...

Marloes Mere

Quiet at the Mere early evening, a Lapwing, a Sand Martin and a White Wagtail the highlights, also several Chiffs about. Didn't see the...

Great Grey Shrike - Ty Rhyg

Quick look in at Ty Rhyg and the shrike is still there and very active down beyond the pond - lots of drops to the ground but too far to see...

Ring-billed Gull & ...sightings

The Teifi Ring-billed Gull around it's usual haunts along the river in Cardigan all morning. Green Sandpiper at Priory Bridge on the Tei...

Freshwater West

Two Sandwich Terns, a Sand Martin and a Grey Seal along the shore at Freshwater West this morning.

Lyndon's talk on Monday

For anyone who is interested in joining Lyndon on a trip to Iceland (well . . . hearing about it and seeing some of Lyndon's pictures) b...

When the glossies DO leg it . . . .

The ibises that were in east Anglia left in a hurry last week  - see glossy ibis overnight trip to Germany  - so when they go, they really go!