Ring-necked Duck etc

Finally connected with the RND at Marloes Mere, in company with 8 Tufted Ducks and the Scaup, viewable from the car park and the Oriole Hide...

Fishguard divers

From Fishguard Fort - 3 Red-throated Divers and an unidentified small, lone, brown duck too far out to get anything on it. Adrian had earlie...

Brian....

No problem! It was in with the Scaup & Tufted`s.

Dale

Quick run out this afternoon starting at Goultrop with 6 razorbill, c10 RT divers, 1 GN Diver and c50 scoter. Briefest of looks from pull-in...

Diver flock!

Having just had a pleasant hour watching porpoises off the Fishguard Harbour outer breakwater yesterday lunchtime, we were driving back alon...

Marloes Mere, Ring Neck Duck

Managed to nail it this afternoon, after a couple of days of running round in circles & lots of emails & phone calls to Dave. While ...

Marloes & Dale

Early afternoon at the Mere and the Tufted Duck count was up to 8 (5 drakes), the Scaup was still present (as Sash reports) and also the Poc...

Martin's Haven and Marloes

A windy walk up and around the Mere this afternoon. The Glossy was showing very well, flying around frequently. The Mere appeared devoid of ...

Newgale Marsh - Hen Harrier

The Marsh has drained a little from yesterday but is still well-flooded. On arriving at around 1300 hrs, all that could be seen were c30 ma...

Marloes Mere

The Scaup Dave found yesterday, still on the North irrigation pond with 5 male Tufted. There is also another what appears to be, an aythya d...

Newgale Marsh - Merlin

The water level in the Marsh was high late this afternoon, but there were few birds to be seen apart from c20 curlew, small flocks of starli...

Marloes Mere

1st W male Scaup at Marloes Mere with 5 Tufties on N irrigation pond viewable from car park. Also drake Pochard and 4 Pink-footed Geese (lat...

Ring-necked Duck - Marloes Mere

A first-winter drake Ring-necked Duck at Marloes Mere today, along with the Glossy Ibis (per Birdguides).

Dale

Gann: 27 Brent (26 on foreshore with single bird on pools), c20 wigeon, 11 Little Grebe, female merganser originally in bay but flew onto po...

Waxwings in Narberth

At least 2 Waxwings today in trees at Allensbank, Narberth (Ed Hunter).

Marloes Mere at dusk

Glossy Ibis, 6 Tufted, 1 pochard were the unusual. Somebody shooting over Trehill put everything to flight, 250-300 ducks mostly Teal & ...

Tawny Owl at Newgale Marsh

Twenty-two curlew flew in at about 1620 hrs and a couple of snipe got up and flew around before settling again; there was no sign of the lar...

Rosebush

Pantmaenog: Nice morning up in the hills with a few birds about. Seemed to be more goldcrests than usual, party of 10 Long-tailed tit, 2 sto...

Landshipping general area - waders and waterfowl

Couldn't help being impressed by David's observation yesterday of 300+ snipe at Newgale area. Today (around lunch-time) at Landshipp...

Waxwings

Have just returned from Rudbaxton where 3 Waxwings were feeding on Ash keys behind the Church tower. They were being blown about a bit by th...

St Bride's Bay

Newgale to Goultrop yesterday revealed less than a hundred Scoter...and no sign of Surf nor Velvet (or any Scoter in fact) at Broad Haven.  ...

Around and about Martletwy

While out walking a regular road circuit in the Martletwy area (working up an appetite for our Christmas meal) we weren't seeing or hear...

My Birdtable

2 pretty visitors this morning, as well as good numbers of Blue & Great Tits,  Chaffinches and the odd Greenfinch, this Coal tit & a...

Marloes Mere

Glossy Ibis still here (there)

Waxwing - Spittal

Hi all, seasons felicitations, out of the kitchen window this morning, with the usual gardeners - chaff, bull, green, goldfinch, siskin (inc...

Late fledging Blackbirds

As a regular reader of the blog I noted the other day a comment about a late fledged Blackbird being seen. I have had one myself in the gard...

Fancy some walking in January?

How about this for a challenge? http://birdingbyfoot.blogspot.co.uk/?m=0 You might find something you didn't expect within walking dista...

Dale

Pickleridge Pools: 10-12 Little Grebe, 7 Goldeneye, few wigeon and teal, Little egret, female Merganser and a greenshank. Airfield: Flock of...

Surf Scoter

Surf Scoter still present this afternoon at Broad Haven (Mervyn Jones).

Surf Scoter - Broad Haven

Having had my plans to check the western part of Carmarthen Bay for seaducks scuppered due to the grim weather, after some housework, Christ...

Firecrests

2 stunning Firecrests in St Davids this afternoon on the road that runs behind the cathedral.At Newgale Marsh 2 adult Med Gulls,good numbers...

Med Gulls

9, on Milford RFC pitch, with a few Black Headed Gulls. 8 were adults, 3 of which were sporting White darvic jewellery, the other 1 was a fi...

Newport Fri am

c100 Wigeon in 2 flocks - at the bridge & on the Parrog rocks. A flock of c20 Snipe on a shingle bar upstream. A colour ringed Common Gu...

Broad Haven

1 Velvet Scoter (f) close inshore, c130 Common Scoter, 6 Red Throated Divers.

Marloes Mere

Glossy Ibis still present, c300 Lapwings in the fields at Trehill.

Fine sunny day on Brownslade and Linney Burrows

Yesterday (18th Dec) managed a day on the Range helping with a general biological survey of the dune area. It was a fairly quiet day for bir...

Great Northern Diver

This Great Northern was on Pembroke Mill Pond this morning, seen and photographed by Maureen Klimaszewski. Perhaps the same bird Paul G saw ...

St.Davids Hd.

This Black Redstart showed briefly on the Head this morning.  Mike has had no fewer than ten sightings here this year -  Just wondering how ...

Plumstone Mountain

3 Hen Harriers(1 male),1 Merlin,1 Buzzard and c.50,000 Starlings roosted at dusk.Earlier in the day the female Long-tailed Duck and 1 Scaup ...

Late fledging Blackbirds

Within the last week or so Ian Campbell reports a recently fledged Blackbird in his garden, which had been preceeded by one around 3 weeks p...

Low-flying Crows

I've been walking the dog in the evenings down in the Cwm-yr-Eglwys / Pwllgwaelod, specifically to see the starling-like displays of jac...

Heathfield and Penberi

Amongst several hundred Black-headed Gulls this morning, 3 adult Med Gulls and a leucistic Herring Gull. At Penberi, the female Scaup showin...

The Corse - Castlemartin

During todays WEBS count carried out between the top of Castlemartin Corse and Freshwater West we recorded 47 spieces.  Great views of a qua...

Woodcocks

Chris Pierpoint`s comments have jogged my memory - 3 Woodcocks this week on my commute to work & back, 2 at Rickeston yesterday evening ...

Gann

Late afternoon at the Gann, 31 Brent Geese (all pale bellied), 30 Wigeon (a good count here), 16 Goldeneye (6 drakes), 1 Great-crested Grebe...

Dinas

Found a woodcock skulking at the side of the road down to Cwm-Yr-Eglwys last night.  Also 12 fieldfares flying in over the coast path and go...

Glossy

Still at the Mere, first light this morning.

Glossy Ibis

Still at Marloes Mere.

Christmas Meeting

Christmas Party Meeting of the mid Pembs at Furzy Park on Monday 17th December We hope you will come along and make the meeting more enjoyab...

Black-tailed Godwits at Pembroke Dock

At lunchtime today there were 50 black-tailed godwits in front of the Fort Road Martello Tower, with a single shellduck, 8 redshank and over...

Wiseman's Bridge

Still 1 Long-tailed Duck,1 Velvet Scoter and 5 Scaup(Ed Hunter).No sign of the Waxwing in Goodwick this afternoon.

Greylags

24 Greylags flew upstream past Picton Point calling loudly in that distinctive farmyard goose manner. Also present a Little Egret and a Gree...

Rosebush and Cleddau

Pantmaenog - very quiet but more than compensated with sighting of a young goshawk. Rosebush Res : 14 or 15 Tufted, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Little G...

Odds and Ends

The female Merganser still at a cold and windy Dale this morning and a single Chiffchaff at Monk Haven. Yesterday, the female Scaup still at...

Waxwing

News from Peter Howe, that he has heard of a Waxwing associating with Starlings in a Goodwick garden over the weekend.

Pennar

Highlights late afternoon-1 Great Northern Diver,3 Great Crested Grebes,4 Knot,4 Blackwit,1 Greenshank,9 Grey Plover,3 Shoveler and c.500 Wi...

Year's End at Pencarnan

On our final day, this year here at Pencarnan, we were pleased to add three species to our annual lists. A Ringtail Hen Harrier flew past th...

Goodwick Rugby

Winter thrushes on the rugby field this morning - 10 redwings and 2 mistle thrushes amongst song thrushes, blackbirds, and starlings.

Swallow

A note from Paul Davies to say that his wife saw a Swallow at the entrance of Newton Hall, just north of Crundale today.

Broad Haven

A midday visit produced 15 Red-throated Divers and at least 150 Scoter in seperate flocks,no sign of the female Velvet Scoter though.

Dale

Gann : Pickleridge Pools - 16 Goldeneye (7m9f), 6 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Heron, 20ish Teal, 11 Cormorant, female merganser, sparrowha...

Ty Rhyg

A walk in the sunshine turned up one each of Willow Tit, Woodcock, Redpoll and Crossbill.

Black Redstart near Angle

A walk along the coast path from Freshwater West to Angle - currently receiving a haircut from some beef cattle and sheep so heavy going in ...

Long-tailed Duck

The Long-tailed Duck was still off Wiseman's Bridge along with 7 Scaup this afternoon(Ed Hunter).

Swallows

Still two Swallows feeding around St David's church in Hundleton this morning.

Med Gull

The very efficient Med Gull ringers were able to translate my misread on Sat to an actual bird. Green AATL had been ringed as a pullus near ...

Goldies

For several days a flock of  around 300  Golden Plover and at least 100 Lapwing have been feeding in a stubble field at Croeswdig farm near ...

Marloes Mere Sat/Sun

Glossy Ibis present all W/E. c150 Lapwing, besides the usual ducks, pair of Gadwall, pair of Tufted. male Kestrel, 5 Fieldfares, Jackdaws se...

Llys y Fran

Red kite, 4 Great Crested grebe, 1 Little grebe, a few redwings, 3 goosanders (2m1f), 3 Goldeneye, 20 mallard, 15 teal and kingfisher. 2000i...

Strumble and Fishguard

Between 09:00 - 10:00 this morning: one Black-throated Diver, one Red-throated Diver, 12 Common Scoters, and small numbers of Gannets, Fulma...

Newport Sat am

Highlights were 2 M Goosanders quite close upstream, 3 ad Med Gulls including 1 with a green ring which I think I've misread, c50 Curlew...

Firecrest in Dale

A Chiffchaff and a Firecrest feeding on the warm, sunnny ivy covered wall in the Dale Community Garden  next to the church. I saw them twice...

Pantmaenog

A beautiful morning on the Preselis today.  Had a walk around Pantmaenog in the hope of seeing the "strikingly white" Redpoll seen...

Long-tailed Duck and Scaup

Ed Hunter has seen the Long-tailed Duck and the 4 Scaup this morning off Wiseman's Bridge.

Velvet Scoter and Scaup

Clive Jones had the Velvet Scoters and the Scaup yesterday at Wiseman's Bridge.

Swallow

Late news from yesterday, at least one Swallow still feeding in the fields near St David's church in Hundleton.

Gann

A cold and blustery Gann late afternoon, highlights included 14 Goldeneye on the lagoon (4 adult drakes), 4 Mediterranean Gulls (all adults)...

Glossy Ibis

Still at Marloes Mere.

Purple Sandpiper,Long-tailed Duck and more Velvet Scoters

A lone Purple Sandpiper picked its way over wrack covered rocks on St Margaret's Island Tenby at high tide.At Amroth c.40 Red-throated D...

Black Redstart

There was a Black Redstart at St Davids Hd (the 10th of the year) and the female Scaup still at Penberi. At Heathfield GP 5 Pochard seemed q...

Swallows in Hundleton

There were two Swallows feeding in the fields opposite, and next to, the church in Hundleton this morning, presumably these are the same two...

Cosheston Pill - Watersport Centre

Lunchtime today - 18 shelduck, c12 Black-tailed godwit, Little egret, 3 Greenshank, 50+ Teal, 20+ Mallard and a few wigeon. Highlights: A ki...

Leucistic Blackbirds

We saw these two Leucistic Blackbirds within ten minutes and 1/2 mile of each other - the first at Morrisons at about 2pm, the second at Cru...

Black Redstart

Feeding on the piles of dead leaves brought up by the tide at Aberforest this morning were 2 Rock Pipits, a Pied Wagtail, a Robin &........

Waxwings

7 Waxwings were behind Argo B&B in St Dogmaels briefly this morning before flying up river, also Dipper there (H O'Sullivan).

Gupton Farm - Farmland bird survey

  A farmland bird survey at Gupton Farm on Friday found more than 5700 birds using the fields, with 38 species recorded and notable counts o...

Marloes Mere this morning

Glossy Ibis, in the field with the cattle , flew onto the Mere, a nice male Kesrel at the YHA. Big (ish) Jackdaw flock, Starlings, usual duc...

Swallows and Kites

The 2 Swallows were still present yesterday afternoon at Pembroke Castle Xmas Fair (Mark and Wanda Woodward). There were Red Kites at The Ol...

Stack Rocks

A full complement of Guillemots was back at Stack Rocks today, c.98% in summer plumage.  Also, Choughs and Ravens in the area.  Still plenty...

Greylags

16  Greylags flew upstream past Picton Ferry at noon. Two Jays were busy ashore collecting acorns. In this a year of a poor acorn crop they ...

Rosebush area

Pantmaenog - GGS still awol. 2 red kites and 5 ravens. Small flock of redpoll with a strikingly whiter bird amongst them. (Red Kite with win...

Glossy Ibis

At Marloes Mere, 12 months now. Couldn`t find any unusual Ducks, most of them sheltering out of the stiff North breeze.

Spotted Redshank

This email received yesterday: At W.Williamston today,a Spotted Redshank flew in and preened for a few minutes on the SW side of the river C...