Black Redstart -- Haverfordwest

Merlins Bridge, Haverfordwest;- 1 today on roofs on houses in area.(Peter H.)

Cold sunny Stackpole

Good steady diurnal movements of skylarks (30-40); meadow pipits (50-60); chaffinches (100+); redwings 50+; and woodpigeons c. 100 over St...

Bramblings

Tregwynt;- At least 1 Brambling with c100 Chaffinches. (Adrian R.) Cilgerran;- Brambling with Chaffinches on road to Wildlife Centre.

Teifi Estuary & Marshes

Off Patch;- 2 Red Breasted Mergansers. Railings;- 1 Sanderling, 1 Knot, c10 Dunlin, 8 Shelduck, 3 Little Egrets. (Jon G.) Marshes, roost ti...

Carregwastad

I saw a Merlin fly east close in to the headland at 15:45 and at 16:15 reappear overhead.

Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - Had one of the best morning's birding on Skomer I've ever had today, nothing rare but a good moveme...

Swallows and Summer!

Cor blimey Paddy mate, "Summers not over" ???? - "One swallow doth not a summer make", nor even millions this year! so ...

Unusual bullfinch

In the garden this morning a male bullfinch that had a pure white 'cap' but still had black around the lower part of it's head. ...

Summers not yet over

Despite the rather chilly NE winds a Swallow was working its way NW at Llandewi Velfrey today. The number of winter migrants has been gradua...

Caldey and Marloes

Just got back from a couple of days on Caldey which was VERY quiet - a complete contrast to 2007 when there were many thrushes, goldcrests a...

Hobby

Hobby at Treffiaddan just after daybreak today. As is often the case at this time of year large flocks of Woodpigeons flying around the St ...

Irish Sea

I joined Cliff for a Seatrust Ferry Survey going out to Rosslare yesterday afternoon, back to Fishguard this morning. Force 6/7 winds made ...

Black Red in H'west &.....

This mornings inland Black Red prompted Paul G. to have a look & sure enough he found one on roofs in Castle st. , near the castle in Ha...

Black Red -- inland

A Black Redstart, found this am on the Boncath to Eglwyswrw road B4332 at the entrance to AJ Tyre Recycling.(SN173380). Also a number of ...

North Pembs, -- Black Red's etc..

Moylegrove area;- A good look around the village discovered even more apple trees than I new & 1 Black Red(dark) with incredibly large w...

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret still at Sandy Haven this morning, and 5 pale-bellied Brents on Broad Haven (N) beach yesterday afternoon (per Steve Hinton).

Juvenile Common Dolphin Stranded Whitesands.

A juvenile Common Dolphin was found dead at Whitesands 28/10/08 and reported to Powell Strong who informed me. We located the Dolphin at the...

Whooper Swans

Report via e mail from Graham Stephens of 3 Whooper Swans which flew up Beggar's Reach and then over Llangwm Ferry around 3:40 yesterday...

Black Redstarts

A few black redstarts appeared around Stackpole today, including around Home Farm area and in Stackpole village. Small numbers of fieldfa...

Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - No sign of the shrike this morning. Plenty of finches going over again first thing, another 500 or so Chaff...

Teifi estuary

At Jewsons. 5 Redshank, 1 Little Grebe and a Kingfisher. From the railings, 1 Red-breasted Merganser(a different bird to the juveniles seen ...

Strumble & Fishguard

Strumble;- Richard's Valley & Porthsychan Valley, v. quiet in not ideal weather, c500 Starlings feeding in the field having potato...

Teifi Brents

This afternoon at Patch, 4 Light-bellied Brent Geese. Also 23 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 3 Little Egrets and 134 Wigeon.

Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - A little bit of Chaffinch movement again this morning, but only a few hundred - they were going over really...

Funny Gull @ Newport Mon am

Any interesting gulls?. In with the BHGs an obvious 1st W with a thickish black bill & mask. But didn't look right for a Med. Then ...

Martin's Haven 20-26 October

Just a quick summary of birds seen in the valley last week between storms: 20+ Goldcrest in a flock last Monday, feeding steadily for severa...

Visible migration through my bedroom window!

I awoke just before daylight, it was not possible to pick out features clearly but the sky was pale and bright. A flurry of small passerines...

Dale area

Capeston Farm - 4 Med Gulls (2 ad, 2ndW & 1stW) Dale - 2 Blackcaps & 5 Chiffchaffs St. Ann's Head - Blackcap Gann - 3 Brents (pb...

Welsh Ornithological Conference

The Welsh Ornithological Conference will be held at Neville Hall Hospital Education Centre, Abergavenney on Saturday November 8th. The theme...

Arctic Skua

I saw a late dark phase adult fly west past Carregwastad at 15:30.

More Black Redstarts

2 Black Redstarts (one male, one female) on the roof of the last house at Ceibwr Bay SN110455, this afternoon.

St Govan's / Angle

Late morning at St Govan's a Great Northern Diver close into the headland. 6 Chough amongst a mixed group of 20 or so Corvids enjoying t...

Teifi Black redstarts

2 female Black Redstarts at Patch Caravan site this morning. High tide wader roost - 3 Turnstone, 17 Ringed Plover and 5 Dunlin (Richard D a...

Kidwelly & Carms.

5 cars left Pembs. this morning to see the Little Blue Heron, no sign of the Heron but, Dryslwyn;- 6 Whooper Swans, 2 ad & 4 juv. Cilsan...

Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - Yellow-browed Warbler in the bracken on the north side of The Neck this morning

Sandy Haven

I was in the right place at the right time this time to see the Cattle Egret fly in and land among cattle in the second field on the left so...

Bosherton Ponds

Saw at least 2o house martins and swallows feeding above the lilly ponds and a green woodpecker near Mere Pool pm today

Little Blue Heron -- Kidwelly

If you are not aware,!! There is a Little Blue Heron seen nr. Kidwelly, see BirdGuides for further info.

St. David's Head area & North Pembs.

As on Skomer, 100's of Chaffinches flying W. this early am over St. David's Airfield, where also Redwings & Fieldfare & Blac...

Strumble head - Little Auk

Strumble this am;- 1 Little Auk, 2 Little Gulls, 1 Red Thd. Diver (Mervyn J.)

Cattle Egret

Still present today at Capeston

Lesser Whitethroat

At Dale in the "chicken garden" opposite the W.I. hut, showing well in the small tree.

Daubenton's Bat

I came across this Bat at Bosherston early this afternoon between the 8 Arch Bridge and the Boathouse. It spent a few minutes hawking over ...

Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - A good day today - 1100 Chaffinches W this morning, mainly before 09:00. A female Snow Bunting flew over an...

Nordic Jackdaw

The Nordic Jackdaw in my garden again late morning, attacking the peanut feeder. Paul saw it a few days ago at the Belle Vue, so it's ...

Marsh Harrier and Cattle Egret

The female Marsh Harrier referred to below at Marloes Mere finally drifted off towards Martins Haven at 1.30 pm yesterday. Thanks to Paul M ...

Teifi & Fishguard

Teifi;- 1 Common Sandpiper & 15 Redshank at Jewsons . Fishguard;- Ad. Med. Gull & 1w. Common Gull in Lower Town Harbour.

Marsh Harrier

I received a report via Email of a female Marsh Harrier today at Marloes Mere seen between 10.30-11.30am and still present when they left.

Golden Plover

Maes y Garn, Crymych: Flock of 75+ golden plover seen on our top fields late this afternoon. A single red kite also seen over the fields as ...

Ty Rhyg

Flushed a Woodcock at Ty Rhyg this aftenoon, the first for me of the autumn. There was also a large Long-tailed Tit flock with at least 25 b...

Sandy Haven Pill

Cattle Egret 1 Little Egret 5 Greenshank 7 Redshank 3

Short Eared Owl

A Short Eared Owl was seen hunting on the west side of Trefeiddan moor at 5-15 this evening also a Hobby flying low and fast towards Rhosson...

Angle

At Angle harbour this morning c. 55 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 23 Turnstone, 6 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 4 Little Egrets, 5 Great Crested Grebes.

Fishguard

Not as interesting as the Shark tag item, but, Lower Town;- This am , 1 L.B. Brent Goose off the quay in the outer harbour, 4 Redshank roos...

Basking shark satellite tag lost at sea off Pembrokeshire coast

The following message was forwarded from Rod Penrose (Marine Strandings); if anyone on a tour of our beaches for good birds happens to find...

North Pembs.

Yesterday, Nevern est;- 1 Ad. Med. Gull, 1 ad. Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff. Teifi est;- 1 Ad. Med. Gull, & a couple of Redwings nr. the Ce...

Cattle Egret

Saw the cattle Egret at 2pm in the same field as Richard yesterday. Thanks Jill for pointing me in the right direction

GP

Approx 60 Golden Plover flew over Tegryn at lunchtime..........& a smaller flock earlier in the day, all heading west.

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret seen around 1:30 p.m. today in field with cattle just south of Capeston. Seems to be commuting between Sandy Haven Pill and fie...

Fishguard & Teifi

Further WeBs counting; - of interest, Fishguard Outer Breakwater;- 1 Common Sand., 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Turnstone, Ad& 2w. Med. Gulls. No ...

Carew/Cresswell Rivers

WeBs count today produced nothing particularly special but locally reasonable numbers of redshank (99) greenshank (9) curlew (140) oyster...

Great Expectations...?

After a great start to the weekend with the Cattle egret on Friday, I was looking forward to seeing all sorts of passerines, waders, etc. Ho...

Yellow-browed Warbler

A short walk at Marloes Mere late afternoon in blustery conditions revealed the Yellow-browed still present - the only passerine I saw! At ...

Cattle Egret

I am guessing that most will have seen this earlier today? Anyway, an update. The bird was still at Sandy Haven this afternoon, I stopped at...

Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - Very very quiet again today, highlight was probably 3 Chiffchaffs! A few more birds around yesterday, unfor...

Yellow Browed Warbler

Showing both today and yesterday ie 17th and 18th October from tjhe Britton Hiode at Marloes Mere

North Pembs - today ( & far South).

Fishguard Harbour;- 1 Little Egret, -- a good harbour bird! Ad & 2w. Med's at Flagpoles. (Adrian R.) Nevern Est;- This am c20 Ringed...

Sandy Haven & Mullock Bridge

5 Little Egrets and at least one Greenshank although no sign of the Cattle Egret this afternoon. I got back to Fishguard in time to see a Me...

Ring-billed Gull

An adult Ring-billed Gull was on the water with Lesser Black-backs at Heathfield GP this am. All flew off west at about 8.45. St Davids Hd: ...

Cattle Egret & bits

The Cattle Egret had moved slightly this morning and was found in a cattle field (where else) at Capeston Farm, just above Rickeston (thanks...

Angle

At Angle Harbour this morning 22 Turnstones, 26 Ringed Plover and 1 Ad. Winter Med Gull. At Kilpaison 18 Bar Tailed Godwits, 4 Grey Plover, ...

The Quest is over!!

Mission accomplished! Thankyou Dave.

Cattle Egret - Sandy Haven

Funny how things turn out - you go in search of a Great White Egret, and you find a Cattle Egret instead! Seen c.5pm in tree more or less op...

Honey Buzzards

Saw a pair of Honey buzzards over Canaston wood lunch time today heading west towards the coast

Porth Clais

Yellow-browed Warbler still at Porth Clais this morning in amongst a large mixed tit flock. Also a good sprinkling of Goldcrests and a Pied ...

Newport Fri am - Whoopers

A bit anticlimactic after the Egret posting, but at high tide 3 juv Whoopers flew in & were swimming around 30 m away by the Boat Club. ...

Great Egret at the Gann

From Mullock Bridge at high tide a Great Egret with Little Egrets and Grey Herons. It has a strange tufty look to the forehead (like a Cattl...

Porth Clais YBW

I caught up with the Yellow-browed Warbler on its second day, it was still present at 16:15 and at 16:45 an adult Med Gull flew over heading...

They're back.... and in their thousands

If you have not seen the amazing spectacle of many thousands of Starling falling like wet confetti from 200 ft into a reed bed, then now...

Marsh Harrier - Marloes Mere

The Marsh Harrier(below), is in the log book at the hide, as seen earlier in the week, an arrival date would be nice if anyone goes to the h...

Yellow-browed Warbler -- Porthclais

The Y.B.Warbler still present this am around sycamores by the stream. Fairly quiet with little passage overhead, but 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff...

Angle

At Kilpaison this morning the wind was howling into the bay. On the tide edge there were 15 Bar Tailed Godwits, 20 Oystercatchers and 5 Lit...

Skomer

Latest news from Dave Boyle on Skomer - The Yellow-browed Warbler is still in the ivy at North Haven, there's a few more Goldcrests arou...

St Davids Penninsula

Checked the three valleys, Porthclais, Caerbwdy and Nine Wells this morning looking for migrants. Amazingly, for mid October, not a single R...

Yellow-browed Warbler - Skomer

News from Dave Boyle on Skomer - Yellow-browed Warbler in the ivy at North Haven all day today and a Great Northern diver flew over very hig...

Yellow-browed Warbler -- Porthclais

Paddy has found a Yellow-browed Warbler in the sycamore by the stream along the path to the sewerage works, found at c.0930 this am.

Marloes Mere attracts a star bird

County first - female / 1st w Blackpoll Warbler - Tuesday 7th Oct. 11am - 3pm. Photos taken by visiting birder (from the hide) - one posted ...

Martin's Haven 11-12 October: first Redwing

Saturday was, predictably, a bit of a washout, but was saved by a Water Rail calling in the ditch below Lockley Lodge and a flock of c.25 Ch...

Fishguard & Goodwick

I saw an adult Med Gull in front of the flagpoles at 13:15 and a Merlin drifted over Pen Anglas at 14:00.

Grassholm

Annual expedition to Grassholm today to cut free entangled young (43 cut free this year). Pick of the migrants out there was yellow browed w...

Pelagic

A pelagic with Seatrust yesterday started off very foggy with few birds and few dolphins. A group of 100+ Kittiwakes eventually appeared wi...

Porthclais

Observation from Ray Wilkinson Wednesday 8 Oct, Jean and I had 3 Long-eared Owls passing quite high over Porthclais, heading south down the ...

Possible Bittern at Cilgeran

My next door neighbour who is a keen naturalist though not a birder as such spends much time at cilgeran (sp?) and yesterday saw a large bro...

A feast of Phylloscs

Paul & I spent the day around the Dale peninsula: Gann - 7 pale-bellied Brents, 2 Med Gulls (ad/2ndW), 8 Little Egrets, 1 Redshank &...

Bird Group Trip to Ramsey Sunday 12th October

The Bird Group trip to Ramsey this Sunday is now as it was originally planned ie a 10 clock sailing. Please book your place with Thousand Is...

Tefi Marshes - Cilgerran

News fro the Wildlife Trust Centre of a Bittern flying over the Kingfisher Hide this afternoon with large numbers of Starlings coming to roo...

Herring Gulls at Newport

To add to Richards recent note on Herring Gulls ringed at the Gloucester landfill site, Blue 178 & BHS, at Newport on Oct 9, were also r...

Nevern Est. & Fishguard

Nevern est. early pm;- 31 Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 2 ad. Med. Gulls, 2 ad. & 1*1w. Common Gulls. Fishguard Harbour;- 1w Med. Gull, Stena...

Teifi - Sat am.

Back to local birding after, the abortive trip to Cornwall y'day (We did get the King Eider though). Teifi;- Patch, 1 Wheatear, c30+ Mea...

Lapland Bunting Stackpole Wedns 8th Oct

During the morning, a noticeable movement of small finches (mainly linnets and siskins ) meadow pipits and skylarks heading west in small fl...

Teifi marsh

Creek hide at dusk again - 13 Snipe and 90+ Teal. Several Water Rail heard. The Starling roost has been increasing this week with over 1000...

Teifi Est.

A brief look this late am;- c90 Wigeon amongst the c600+ Canada & 2 Snow Geese. 1 Dunlin 7 Redshank & 1 Kingfisher at Jewsons. Syca...

The Gann

The Gann, this am;- 8 Pale-bellied Brent Geese still, 12 Redshank, 7 Turnstone, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 5 Little Egrets, 8 Teal. 2 Sandw...

Teifi marsh

Creek hide at dusk - 4 Snipe, 2 Water Rail and 50 Teal. 3 Cetti's warblers singing.

Ramsey

Great spotted woodpecker today - 2nd record for island Also house sparrow - another rarity out here! Good hirundine and skylark passage.

Sadly, a very isolated population

At last night's monthly meeting of the Pembrokeshire Bird Group, Bob, using survey maps from the BTO, highlighted the isolation of Pemb...

Skomer

News from Skomer for yesterday from Dave Boyle of a Grey Phalarope out in St Brides Bay off N Haven. Managed a bit of bush bashing down betw...

Angle Bay

At Kilpaison early afternoon during a brief respite in the deluge - Oystercatcher c.100, Bar Tailed Godwit 18, Knot 1, Redshank 1, Curlew 12...

Herring Gulls -- recoveries

Herring Gull -- Blue 469;- This was seen on the Nevern 11/09/08 by Paul G. Herring Gull -- Blue BAE;- This was seen on the Teifi 17/07/07. H...

Ring Ouzel & other ..

Ring Ouzel - Tenby;- 1 flew around Northcliff down towards North beach this late am. (Ed.H.) Pembroke Upper Mill Pond;- 3 swimming Black-tai...

Skomer News

Some very welcome information from Dave Boyle on Skomer giving the highlights on the island so far this Autumn Balearic Shearwater: 1 in St ...

Black-tailed Godwit OL-OR flag

OL-OR flag as this colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit is known, (left) was first seen on Pembroke Upper Mill Pond on 27th Sept. & I belie...

Fishguard Harbour

I saw an unringed second winter Med Gull on one of the groynes at 13:45.

swallows

Today at lunchtime over 40 swallows went over & through Tegryn. Whole passage took less than 5 minutes & then no more seen.

Dale area

No sign of Dave's Red-breasted Flycatcher today, by c1430. A bit optomistic with last nights clear sky perhaps? but we couldn't find...

Ridge soaring for entertainment

A long weekend spent at Pencarnan and the exposed local headlands during a period of extreme northerly winds produced little of note. Howev...

Golden Plover

Sunday (5th) 18.55 there were 44 golden plover near Tegryn.

Red-breasted Flycatcher

At around 4.30 this afternoon I found a first-winter Red-breasted Flycatcher in Dale. It was in the trees behind the WI hut on the N side o...

Teifi

Saturday Patch - 14 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank and a Grey Plover. Over 800 Canada Geese around the estuary with the regular Bar hea...

Pen Anglas

I saw the first Merlin of the winter fly west low over the path at 13:15.

Newport

Also at the Nevern Estuary this afternoon - 1 Knot with 12 Wigeon. 1 Common Gull. (Richard D.)

Newport Sun pm

Couldn't find any small waders. The highlights were a Redshank, 2 ea Little egrets & Grebes and a 2nd winter Med Gull. Med Gull Whit...

Firecrest, Cresselly / Brent Geese, Penally

Sightings for yesterday from Alan Collens via e mail :- I found a Firecrest in my garden this morning-watched it for about an hour along wit...

Records from the South

Manorbier;- Redwing today(Ed. H.). Pembroke Upper Mill Pond;- Early this pm., 75 Redshank, 10 Greenshank, 25 Black-tailed Godwits, inc a co...

Waders on the Western Cleddau

Little Milford;- 30 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew & 1 Kingfisher. Hook;- 18 Greenshank, 80 Redshank...

Teifi estuary

This afternoon - 1 Grey Plover, 1 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover and 6 Dunlin. Over 80 Wigeon again.

Pembrokeshire Bird Group

Our AGM will take place next week on Tuesday 7th October, 7.30pm, The Patch Furzy park in Haverfordwest. The AGM will be followed by a prese...

Teifi & Nevern Est.

Nevern Est.;- 1 Sanderling, c20 Ringed Plover, c15 Dunlin y'day, 1 Sanderling, c40 Ringed Plover, c30 Dunlin. Teifi;- 91 Wigeon, 1 Ring...

Strumble Head 1200 - 1600

Further to this am;- Leach's Petrel - 5 Grey Phalarope - 1 Arctic Skua - 2 Bonxie - 3 Balearic s/w -3 Red thd Diver - 3 Little Gull - 2 ...

Strumble Hd - until 1200.

Leach's Petrel - c25+ Long-tailed Skua -1 Pomarine Skua - 1 with full spoons Bonxie -7 Arctic Skua - 7 Grey Phalarope - 1 Sabines Gull ...

Manxie in Haverfordwest

Not quite as exciting as Richard C's Grey Phalarope-in-my-driveway posting, but this morning there was a freshly dead Manx Shearwater in...

Golden Plover

Approx 70 Golden Plover roughly mid way between Fishguard and Rosebush at 6pm this evening

Upper Mill Pond

I just had a chat to John Hayes who has recorded this evening:- 125 redshank 32 Greenshank 57 Black Tailed Godwit (one colour ringed) 2 Ruff...

More from Strumble etc.

Strumble Head, 1330 - 1700;- Leach's Petrel - 3 Bonxie - 7 Pomarine Skua - 1 Balearic s/w - 1 Little Gull - 2 Arctic tern - 1 Common Sco...

Strumble Head -- A Good Seawatch today.

0700 -- 1315 today;- The highlight this am, was at 1040, when between 2 ad. Arctic Skuas a Minke Whale breached showing it's full length...