The imm Black Tern was still at Bosherston this morning - feeding over the lake between the Eight-arch Bridge and Grassy Bridge - but always...

The imm Black Tern was still at Bosherston this morning - feeding over the lake between the Eight-arch Bridge and Grassy Bridge - but always...
13:00 still showing very well, at 5m distance near the gate. (Bob Relph) Click here for a cracking video of the Shrike from yesterday kind...
Still present at Porth Clais late morning, up hill from car park towards St Justinian's, in hedge by 5 bar gate (Mike YP). Sent from Ya...
Very pleasant in the mild morning weather yesterday - high points were a mob of about 15 young Ravens doing aerobatics in the updraft from t...
Amazing bird showed well Fishguard Harbour - Artic Tern juv, Med Gull 1 Ad, Turnstone 2
The Isabelline was definitely present later than 15:00 - as I left several birders watching it at c.15:15. The bird was giving excellent vie...
Juv Black tern feeding around the eight arch bridge for most of the afternoon. Female Goldeneye, several pairs Gadwall, 30 Teal lots of Gold...
The last report I had of the Isabelline Shrike today was 2pm from Trevor, Birdguides has it still there at 3pm, anyone have it later than th...
The Pallas's Warbler popped up again at North Valley Crossing this morning There wasn't a whole lot else around, just a handful of t...
Scrub along path full of bird life and fly life. Blue tits seemed to be everywhere. Robins setting up winter territories. Plenty of finches,...
Isabelline Shrie has been refound by John & Marion. On track to sewage works at Porthclais, SM 739244. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android...
Jewsons Common sandpiper 1 Redshank 5 Little Egret 1 Slipway Greylag 1 Little Egret 2 Bar Tailed Godwit 3 Curlew 50 Webley Hotel Curlew 50 O...
Shrike not seen to 11:20. Perhaps in better weather?
Truly enormous numbers of Starlings at the Minwear roost this evening - many 10's of thousands and probably 100's of thousands. A la...
A really good day, loads of birds going over in the morning but lots were really high & must have missed loads, did see - 8000 Starlings...
Quite a lot of vis mig, with 650 Starlings, 230 Chaffinches, 180 Skylarks, 35 Greenfinches, 4 Reed Buntings, 3 Bramblings, 12 Long-tailed Ti...
The 22 year old Macmillian Field Guide to Bird Identification (Harris, Tucker & Vinicombe) is still, in my opinion, a gem of a book and ...
During one of our regular Sea Trust Stena Ferry Surveys today, apart fom cetaceans we saw a number of interesting birds. Obviously the Blac...
The bird showed well until at least 5pm when the last 4 of us left it (14 people saw it today?) - at that point it had sat in the same place...
Brilliant bird J & M. Have a look at the photo of an Ad female in this month's BB.
The Isabelline Shrike at Porthclais this afternoon. Great find J.&M.
Found by John, Marion, Jon B. this morning. Still showing well at 3 p.m. Park in Porthclais car park and walk up the hill where bird is in t...
Quiet again at Kilpaison this morning with 18 Ringed Plover and 2 Dunlin. At Angle Harbour 17 Redshank, 7 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Egrets and...
11:00 today;- 1 showing in the clear-fell near the new car park. (Janet)
I was at the Gann when Trevor re-found the Spoonbill (a juv), some great views on the Dale foreshore as it slowly worked north and eventuall...
9 Brent Geese at Far end of South Beach Tenby near the Concrete outflow in the vicinity of Giltar point. (Allan Morris, with photo)
Snow bunting and hen harrier (ring tail) of note today. Male bullfinch again yesterday plus the movement of 300+ swallows south. This is the...
Two Black Redstarts on the roofs near my house in St Florence this afternoon. They appear here as regular as clockwork in October - in fact...
A lot of activity around the church at St Bride's early this morning, the best being a min of 6 Chiffchaffs & 3 Blackcaps. Later whi...
At 15:30 this afternoon viewable from the gate, between the pond and the track, 40 Fieldfare, Brynberian. (from an excited, blimey..... Jane...
A good day birding yesterday produced: a brambling in amongst the flock of finches at Fresh West (along with great views of a merlin).. In...
Presumably the same Spoonbill seen over Gann and Marloes Mere was seen departing North Pond around 10am. Just a very quick visit to Skokholm...
See Brian's posts below.........and this from Trystan Parry Went in search of the shrike this afternoon at pantmaenog and found it desp...
After the heavy rains, much as Richard reports for Castlemartin, Marloes Mere finally has plenty of water, and in fact looks better for wate...
Spent afternoon looking in vain for the shrike up here. Looked in all usual places. Despite changeable weather quite a few people about. Two...
After spending 3hours at Pantmaenog.... visit to Ty Rhyg turned-up the/a Great Grey Shrike north of the track initially around SN056299 at ...
After the heavy rain of the last few days it was not surprising to see large patches of flooding in Castlemartin Corse this morning. A few ...
11:40 this morning;- Steve B. has just had a 20 second view, without bins of a massive dark, raptor like bird fly in off the sea into the Ne...
09.30 ~ 1 Redshank, 59 Curlew, 13 Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 1 Sanderling & 1 m Black Redstart on the boat club roof.
A taste of what we are up to in the hills;- Woodcock, Golden Plovers, Fieldfare all moving through daily, click on the logo for more... One ...
Loads of birds flying west over here this morning as well - 450 Chaffinches, 500 Starlings, 40 Greenfinches, about 100 Skylarks, 30 Blue Tit...
A male Hen Harrier flew from Newton Farm towards Castlemartin Corse this morning, while a Brambling was present in a mixed flock of finches ...
The first Brambling of the Winter in our St.Davids garden late afternoon today.
Black Redstart and Snow Bunting within Fishguard Port / Outer Breakwater late afternoon.
Met up with JanetA and after a walk up the valey to Pantmaenog house we were lucky enough to see the/a GGShrike on the way back to the car p...
The runways were covered with water but regrettably no waders seemed to find this attractive. We did manage to find three Lapland Buntings l...
At St Davids this morning lots moving South-west. I arrived only at 9:10 and lots of stuff was high and moving over a broad front so numbers...
Following on from Lyndon's report on 21 October we have been contacted by Bill Evans who saw a bird on Sunday morning (23rd) which soun...
Strumble head 08:00 -10:30, Sunday;- 1 juvenile Sabine's Gull 1 Red-throated Diver, female Merlin & Peregrine, 3 Common Scoter, 2 ad...
Generally quiet, particularly as far as Phylloscs and Crests are concerned, the highlights being a Merlin hunting either side of the road ou...
Black-tailed Godwits up to 75 at the moment, 12 Knot keeping out of the wind and 4 snipe in the reeds. Cettis warblers calling all day. teal...
A big day out today with Paul G on the Marloes/Dale peninsula. First light at Martin's Haven revealed a Ring Ouzel with Blackbirds ...
At the High Tide , 2 Med Gulls ( Ad & 2W ), Female Merganser still present off shore & 14 Turnstones feeding along beach.
A long and cold evening at Porth Clais was rewarded with a Merlin and just as all light was about to go a Woodcock heading from the valley n...
Hard work in windy conditions, 2 Chiffchaffs & a Goldcrest at Abereiddy (no sign of anything Bittern like), 1 Chiffchaff & 1 Goldcre...
Called in at Ty Rhyg just incase! Crossbills in numbers, half a dozen groups of 2-10 and as I was walking back down the track a flock of 32 ...
Spotted at 8.50 this morning on telegraph wires along the hedgebank/bridleway west of Pantmaenog House SN081308. Innocently spooked by a cou...
Presumed returning bird found at Pantmaenog this morning by Brian Southern, in the general area up near the house. More from Brian later I...
Jewsons Pintail 1 female Common Sandpiper 2 Redshank 4 Little Egret 1 Slipway Common sandpiper 1 Redshank 5 Curlew 30 Webley Red Kite 1 Bar ...
Or perhaps, given that it's only mid October (i.e. much earlier than we usually get them), that we've had a run of westerlies, we sh...
I received a call earlier from a bird watcher who was 95% sure he had seen a Bittern. A difficult but likely sighting of one flying up the v...
2 adults, at Milford Dock this evening, including the alloy ringer.
Very quiet today around the valleys today but there is a Ring Ouzel & a Lesser Whitethroat in North Haven
Reservoir highlights, Rosebush Resr;- 2 Goldeneye back, 1 Willow Tit. (Karen) Llys-y-fran Resr;- 1 rh Goosander, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull,...
Plenty of birds going over in the morning - 480 Skylarks, 200 Chaffinches, 35 Linnets, 40 Greenfinches, 8 House Sparrows, 75 Blue Tits, 40 S...
A male bullfinch was a rarity by island standards. Lots of 'vis mig' first thing with 70+ skylarks heading over along with varying n...
A splendid Yellow Browed Warbler at the bottom end of Pwllcrochan this morning, at the stone bridge by the little car park/ turning area ass...
1 This morning at 10:00 by the old stone bridge. Trevor Price, more from Trevor later.
Parrog~ 29 Wigeon, 8 Curlew, 5 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover. Old L/boat Station~ 1 Grey Wagtail.
After spending last week watching mega birds on the stunning Isles of Scilly this afternoon I thought I'd try and find a rarity in north...
From Derek Moore:- I went to Strumble today 9.30am - 2pm. Following recorded Leach's Petrel 1 Arctic Skua 8 Pomarine Skua 8 Great Sk...
2 hours of seawatching (1 early morning, 1 late afternoon) produced of note: Sabine's gull - 4 (3 ad. winter and 1 juv) Pom skua - 2 (ju...
At Kilpaison this morning 4 Pale Bellied Brents feeding with a flock of 400+ Wigeon. Also 50 + Mallard. The waders had gone off to roost but...
8 Pale-bellied Brent Geese in front of The Webley at high tide this morning.
A single Whinchat here, 1 Water Rail, 6 Swallows hawking along the sheltered slopes at the bottom of the valley, 2 Sparrowhawks, 1 Kestrel a...
A 1.5 hour seawatch produced of note: Pom skua - 1 (pale with spoons) Arctic skua - 6 (4 DP, 2 LP) Bonxie -1 Manx - 4 GN Diver -1 BH gull - ...
Spent some time this afternoon watching a Turtle Dove feeding on a lawn just outside the window of a house in Marloes. Apparently it comes e...
At least 8 red kites on the slopes of Frenni Fawr. 2 goldcrests in the garden this morning; I hope they survive whatever winter we have.
We had a sparrowhawk from the car on the A487 to St Davids, a peregrine over the city and at Porthclais the panicked scattering of 3 grey wa...
Only myself & Richard Davies braved the chilly lookout today , but it was worth it ! 07.30 - 15.30 Wind W Force 6-8 Brent Goose - 1 ( PB...
From Richard Ellis - 3 ad. Med gulls and a Sandwich tern roosting on the shingle spit at Angle.
07.30 - 10.00 Wind SW 1 Leach's 2 Fulmar 2 Manx 1 Sooty 1 Light Pom 1 Dk + 1 Lt Arctic Skua 1 Bonxie 3 Common Tern 2 Sandwich 1...
News from Jonathan Bennet of 6 Ring Ouzels (all males) in one Sycamore Tree near to Whitesands bay yesterday 16th. And from John O'Sulli...
Ceibwr Bay Red Throated Diver 1 Chough 4 Stonechat 2 Common Scoter 2 males 1 female Kestrel 1 male Newport Common Sand 1 Kingfisher 1 Little...
Sunday;- We went to Kilpaison today and caught 96 new birds and 15 retraps including a firecrest which I first ringed on 21-11-10 on the ot...
More signs of autumn with 130 Golden Plover and 5 Lapwing in fields between Jameston and Manorbier this morning - there had been none at thi...
We have seen several small flocks of starlings over the last week or two, but in another sign of advancing autumn, yesterday evening we had ...
I have seen quite a few leucistic birds over time but never a Dun nock before so this is pretty amazing:- I also had a quick look around thi...
Plenty of signs of winter this morning,with parties of Fieldfares,Redwings,and Siskins,also,a record count of Little Egrets 7.
Another good day! Highlight was this pretty tame Red-backed Shrike munching its way through Skomer's Bumblebee population over at Bull H...
Highlight of my WeBS count at Hook/Sprinkle Pill today was an impressive flock of 590 Golden Plover - try as I might I couldn't make one...
It's interesting, reading blogs from yesterdays visits to St Govan's, how things can change overnight as first thing this morning th...
Large flock of corvids seemed to adopting a defensive ball over towards the airfield, wheeling around starling-like. Heavy showers so only n...
Spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon, looking for Golden Plover around Trewarren farm/Musslewick/Gann area - to no avail. However in ...
A walk up Carningli this morning was well worth the effort with a single Ring Ouzel, 5 Wheatears and a flock of 250+ Golden Plover. The view...
A sgl female Merganser , 33 Oycs , 4 Redshank , approx 15 Turnstones & 1 Curlew. Gulls numbered about 70 mostly Blk Headed & Herrin...
Another good day - even though most of it was spent in Tescos and only got an hour in first thing & a couple of hours late afternoon Hi...
Like Richard C, we had the kestrel this afternoon at St Govan's, but missed the merlin. There were several wheatear, a dozen or so linn...
Crossbills very active and vocal. Groups of 8, 6, 2 and single birds (possibly some duplication). The group of 8 were spooked by GS woodpeck...
Quiet at Kilpaison this morning as the tide started to drop - 6 Ringed Plover and a couple of Dunlin. Two Wheatears on the beach. A little b...
5 Ring Ouzels, a Lapland Bunting, a Brambling and a Whinchat this morning (Paul G). Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
Whimbrel 1 ( i remembered to check the rump this time) Curlew 25 Redshank 10 Black Talied Godwit 2 Bar Tailed Godwit 1 Red Kite 1 Goldcrest...
Saw my first redwing of the autumn at about 7:30 and by 8:30 at least another 300 had flown over at Llanmill nr Narberth. Also a brambling, ...
Had a pretty amazing day today - heard my first Redwings of the autumn last night & there were plenty of thrushes around first thing in ...
6 Golden Plover in the field at Kete. At the airfield: rooks and skylarks most obvious, 2 snipe and 2 teal flushed from by pond, 3 wheatear,...
Morning walk in the fog. A few Swallows at Mullock Bridge and later at St Anns Head. Pair of kestrels perched on fence posts near lighthouse...
206 counted on the wires & tree tops at Stackpole Quay car park with numerous others in the vicinity. Min of 10 house martins with them....
The Wryneck was relocated at 11:45 on the East slope where I found it. It flew to the Crossroads again and I gave up! Only 4 flight views, v...
A Wryneck, c150m into the Bocca Valley at 10:00. Where there is a crossroads of footpaths. (Mike YP)
There were four, possibly five, red kite drifting over fields to the west of Haverfordwest Aerodrome today. As to swallows, there were twen...
I think Rich is spot on, i've been in Cornwall since Saturday and haven't seen a single Swallow. They must all be with you! Sent fr...
Approximately 30 at Heathfield GP midday.
News from Graham Brace of a Curlew Sandpiper on the Cunnigar in Llangwm at 8am this morning in company with a single Dunlin . Ref posting be...
It's getting late for swallows but 6 were heading through Star today.
High tide this evening;- A delight to see 5 Grey Plover, also 1 Red-breasted Merganser to add to the day's sightings below.
Two interesting raptors from our garden in Crundale today: a Red Kite drifting over this morning and a Hobby heading SE at speed this aftern...
Following on from Richards post, later this morning the 2 Bar Heads flew back to Newport with c200 Canadas, the Greylag & 2 hybrids.
The next indoor meeting of the Group is on Monday the 17th October 2011 at The Patch, Furzy Park, Haverfordwest starting at 7.30pm. There w...
From The Webley;- 1 1w Arctic Tern, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Knot, 1 Dunlin, 8 Redshank, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, & 1 Kingfisher...
First thing this morning there were 5 adult Mediterranean Gulls, 7 Little Egrets and 6 Great Crested Grebes in the Angle Harbour area, with ...
Halleluja, just for once a photo I can be pleased with, one of several wheatears on the Fishguard harbour outer breakwater. The snow bunting...
A Ring-billed gull was in front of the Webley just before high tide this evening. Being the same plumage as the well photographed bird which...
A Merlin at St Davids Hd am and another at Heathfield GP. Does anyone have any recommendations for useful (android) apps please?
Fairly quiet (birdwise) in the Sound today, couple of scoter, some commic terns, but a rather nice marsh harrier hunting over Trefaiddan lat...
07.00 - 11.00 Wind : SW 5 Common Scoter - 2 Balearic Shearwater - 1 Arctic Skua - 1 ( Ad Pale ) Sabines Gull - 1 ( Juv ) 1 Risso's Dolph...
Very blustery - loose flocks of pipits and linnet along the walk. 2 chough, 2 stonechat and 20 plus swallows skimming the waves alongside a ...
Spent an hour or so at St Govan's this morning but very little happening, the highlight was a couple of 1st W Little Gulls flying west, ...
Having been wandering afar and away from the Teifi for the week-end, a nice roost at The Webley this evening;- 1 Eurasian Whimbrel amongst ...
About 40, in the fields between St Ishmaels & the Gann this afternoon, + 4 Swallows over. A look at the Gann (at high tide) produced ver...
The Rose-coloured Starling is still at the Farm - I was watching it this afternoon walking around in front of the farm when a Merlin shot th...
A Spotted Flycatcher & at least 3 Blackcaps near the STW when the sun came out this afternoon at Porthclais with a Sparrowhawk over and ...
A surprise at the Gann this evening in the form of a Barnacle Goose, resting at the mouth of the river initially below the wooden footbridge...
7 Oct NW6-7 NNW6-7 Iincreasing 8 0645-1610 15 sabs all juvs 10 grey phalaropes 10 Leachs Petrels 39 Bonxies 39 artic (17lp 18d 4 juv) 23 P...
By the Webley at high tide this evening - 4 Pale-bellied Brents, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 4 Dunlin, 3 Redshank and a Sandwich Tern.
2 Barwits & an ad Med Gull.
Ramsey seawatch totals from this morning (08:00-10:30) Sabine's gull - 2 juv Bonxie - 26 (Ramsey record) Arctic skua - 23 (14 LP, 9 DP -...
Personal totals from 08:00-11:30 included: Great Skua - 20 Arctic Skua - 23 Pomarine Skua - 5 Long-tailed Skua - 4 Sabine's Gull - 9 Lea...
Approx 600 golden plover in their usual spot just outside Tegryn; good to see them back!
1 Whimbrel (webley) 1 Artic Tern (webley) 1 Common Sandpiper (jewsons)
0630-1345 west 7/8 8 sabs all juvs 1 Long Tailed juv 9 poms 4 juv 4 lp and 1 lp spoons 25 bonxies 23 artic 10d 6 juv 6 lp 2 GNDiver wp 1 R...
Combined highlights from today's 2 brief seawatches were: Leach's petrel - 1 GN Diver - 1 Bonxie - 5 Arctic skua - 1 Sandwich tern -...
3 juvenile Sabine's Gulls, 2 Leach's Petrel's, 2 Pomarine Skuas, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Bonxie, 1 Arctic Skua, 6+ Risso's Dol...
The Rose-coloured Starling is still around the Farm today
A 1st W bird flew up into and sneaked about in the Hotel Sycamores which used to border the ex Whitesands Bay Hotel. Very quiet otherwise wi...
Great views this afternoon of a Hobby catching Dragonflies in a field opposite Whitesands Bay Hotel (now demolished). Tried to get a decent ...
The first Ring Ouzel of the autumn was out near West Pond and a Lapland Bunting flew over. The Rose-coloured Starling was still around yeste...
The Western Bonelli's Warbler not reported to 11am at least, despite being looked for. A Pied Flycatcher out at the Burial Chamber, feed...
A fascinating post on the fate of the 3 fledged Dyfi Ospreys here: http://ceredigionbirds33.blogspot.com/ And proof at least that the juveni...
Firstly, a massive thank you to MYP for finding and releasing the news of this bird so promptly - even from a communications blackspot! Ric...
See below for details on this great find by Mike, who incidently in his East Coast past has ringed one in Norfolk ! ! Communication is very ...
The bird has been present in the willows in Porthmelgan Valley at St David's Head from about 11am this morning and was still present at ...
From Karen........Dale Airfield 23 September 2011, I think these are the only photos we have ?
Mike Young-Powell has found a Bonelli's Warbler sp. at Porth Melgan, St. David's Head. 11:15 today. Still showing well at 13:00 albe...
No chance to do any birding today but saw a stunning adult Sabine's Gull fly south through North Haven - if you're watching Rhys To ...
Whilst understanding the sentiments expressed in recent postings regarding bread, gulls etc we do not want this blog to become the place for...
The Rose-coloured Starling & the Wryneck were still around the farm today, but otherwise it was pretty quiet. There's a load of migr...
Very quiet until a Kite came out of the mist and flushed flock of 5o+ pipits, wagtails and chaffinches on top path. Thank goodness Dave A ma...