Fishguard Harbour

An adult Black Guillemot in winter plumage was present in Fishguard Harbour this morning with a party of some 30 Guillemots (almost all in  ...

Martletwy & Haverfordwest miscellany

From the car on way to Haverfordwest this afternoon - a single merlin spooked a couple of hundred lapwings, golden plovers and starlings in ...

Teifi -- gulls

Gull roost from GVP;- 1 leucistic adult Herring Gull, 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls, (Jon G)

Snow Buntings - Foel Cwm Cerwyn

Total of 7 snow buntings (singles and twos) on slopes to N, E and W of Voel Cwm Cerwyn this morning. Full credit must go to Alfie (my dog)...

Long-billed Dowitcher...and Marloes Mere

The Long-billed Dowitcher still present on the pool at The Gann. (Rich D & Dawn J) Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis still present at Mar...

Dipper in Haverfordwest

There was a dipper on the fish ladder by the County Council Headquarters on Thursday.

Llys y fran and Rosebush

Llys y fran - 4 Greylags amongst the flock of c300 Canadas, generally very quiet on main reservoir with just 5-6 GC grebe, moorhen, male goo...

Green-winged Teal - Sprinkle Pill

A nice surprise this morning on my WeBS count was a drake Green-winged Teal at the mouth of Sprinkle Pill, in the main channel looking south...

Dowrog Common

This afternoon at Dowrog Common a Short-eared Owl appeared on the posts along the side of the road at c.15:50, and this bird reappeared on t...

Kite and Blackcaps

From Mike Johnson - two blackcaps feeding on fat balls                      in garden st daniels hill pembroke one male one                ...

Manorbier

Around 160 Lapwing and 250 Golden Plover in fields just north of Manorbier this morning.

Saundersfoot Divers

From Peter Cadogan - There were a number of red throated divers off Saundersfoot beach this last week. On Monday 7th Jan 2013 a flock of 6 ...

Long-billed Dowitcher

Still present and showing very well at The Gann mid-morning, below the house. At Monk Haven 2 collybita Chiffchaffs.

Ramsey

A long staying black redstart has been around since our return on 21/12. A short-eared owl 2 days ago the only other species of note of late.

Surf Scoter

The female was still present and close inshore this morning riding the rolling swells just beyond the breakers off Broad Haven (N). 5 Red Th...

Crested Tit & Jackdaws

That got your attention!  Slightly out of County, but relevant, well done to local photographer Drew Buckley for getting his Crested Tit (Sc...

Cosheston Pill, Pembroke Dock

Lunchtime today - 2 Greenshank, c20 Redshank, 5 Little grebe, 9 Mute swan, 4 Shelduck, 50+ Teal, 3 Black-tailed godwits, c15 Dunlin and the ...

'Nordic' Jackdaws

My understanding is that many of the Jackdaws in northern Scandinavia disperse south for the winter, with some of these individuals reaching...

Teifi

To get back into the feel of North Pembs a quick look this evening for gulls....very few, 109 Curlew and 1 Bar-tailed Godwit the Webley coun...

Dunlin

Viewed from my scope at Pembroke Dock, some 220 Dunlin at Llanstadwell. Also around the ferry terminal, 20 Redshank.

Mid Pembrokeshire - WildlifeTrust of SouthandWestwales

Two upcoming events are (a) Saturday 19th January 2013 – A visit to Fishguard outer breakwater and  (b) Monday 21st January 2013 a talk by N...

'Ecclesiastical' Jackdaw

I  think this photo might be of some interest regarding the recent blogs on Scandinavian Jackdaws and collars. I took it in the grounds of S...

Dale Peninsula

Still present today – LBDowitcher at the Gann, RNDuck at Marloes Mere and SurfScoter at Broadhaven.

Lapland Buntings

An unfortunately curtailed visit found 4 Lapland Buntings wintering Dale Airfield, near the Pond where there were also c70 Snipe. Also 30 Sk...

Great Northern - Cosheston Pill

Great Northern diver just out from the Watersports Centre at lunchtime/high tide today.

'Scandinavian' Jackdaw

It seems that we may have had a small influx of 'Scandinavian' Jackdaws this winter - these two birds (and at least one other with a...

Surf Scoter still at Broadhaven

The female Surf Scoter drifted into Broad Haven bay on the incoming tide from the north at c.12:45 today.  Also in the bay, c.150 Common Sco...

An Invitation to everyone interested in Pembrokeshire Birds

Anyone who has an interest in Birds in Pembrokeshire is invited to an open meeting at The Patch in Haverfordwest (Post Code SA61 1HU – I thi...

Leucistic Jackdaw

Leucistic jackdaw taken by neighbour in her garden in Pembroke - Chris Brockway

Newport Goosanders

Three male goosanders above the iron bridge this evening.  Kingfisher too.

Pink-footed geese

The Ring-necked Duck was still visible with the Tufted Ducks at Marloes Mere at lunchtime, and the four Pink-footed Geese were with the Cana...

Long-billed Dowitcher

Showing well this morning at the Gann from the roadside below the house.

Colour-ringed chough

Noted Brian's observation of a colour-ringed chough (right leg red; left leg - yellow over green) at Broad Haven today. This bird w...

Solva

Solva Harbour is rarely mentioned on the blog, and perhaps deserves a little more attention. Just below the car park this morning there was ...

Surf Scoter - Broad Haven

Surf scoter at Broad Haven this morning. Initially just out from beach but pushed up towards north end when a few surfers arrived. Once su...

Marloes Mere

Glossy Ibis, Ring Neck Duck, first thing this morning.

Gupton Farm - Farmland bird counts

The late December/early January farmland bird count at Gupton Farm was carried out yesterday, with a conservative total of 12,301 farmland b...

Stack Rocks

The Guillemots have been back at the Stack Rocks colony for the past couple of days.

Marloes Mere

Looking for the Glossy more than anything else this afternoon, (& last night) but not seen. Ring Neck Duck, 4 Pink Feet were, however.

Drake Goosander Iron Bridge Newport.

A quick look at Newport Estuary showed a cracking Male Goosander above the bridge and a wintering flock of about 80 Curlew below as well as ...

Long-billed dowitcher - Gann

Caught-up with the dowitcher at 8.45am, in what I believe is its favoured muddy bay close to the driveway, it was feeding confidently 's...

Pink-footed Geese

The four Pink-footed Geese were still feeding with the Canada Geese flock in the field just west of Trehill Farm, Marloes.

Angle Bay

This morning there were at least 22 Great- Crested Grebes scattered around the bay, 33 PB Brents (32 at Kilpaison with 1 at Angle Harbour), ...

Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-necked Duck

The Long-billed Dowitcher was still present at the Gann this morning, along with 1 Greenshank, 2 Grey Plover, 1 adult Med Gull and 1 Red-thr...

Still there

Well, the good news for all those laggardly types who have only just got round to doing the Gann-Marloes mini-twitch is that the Dowitcher, ...

Long-billed Dowitcher

Left home at c. 9.00 a.m. this morning and headed for the Gann in the mist and rain with little hope of seeing anything. By 10.15 a.m. the s...

Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-necked Duck

Long-billed Dowitcher still at the Gann this afternoon, also the Ring-necked Duck still at Marloes Mere along with 4 Pink-feet still (Peter ...

Ducks and Dowitcher

What has been lovely about the last couple of days (apart, that is, from some absolutely cracking birds) has been Pembrokeshire birders. Wat...

Long-billed Dowitcher

Always sensible to be in the general vicinity of Clive when he goes birding, given his recent run of 'form', and so it was as I trud...

Long-billed Dowitcher at The Gann

A Long-billed Dowitcher was on the grassy islands near the shore at the north end of the lagoon at The Gann at 13:30 today.

Marloes Mere

The Ring Neck Duck is still present, in with the Tufted`s, Fairly central of the Mere making it nigh on impossible to see from either hide, ...