A smart male redstart was singing at Llandilo today. Also at the same place a blackcap, 13 crossbills, 43 siskins and 4 redpolls.

A smart male redstart was singing at Llandilo today. Also at the same place a blackcap, 13 crossbills, 43 siskins and 4 redpolls.
Glossy Ibis still here, I hadn`t seen them since Tuesday evening, I was begining to wonder if they`d legged it. However I could only see two...
Quite good for migrants today at Bosherston despite the dull, cool weather after a week of glorious sunshine. Over the western arm of the po...
A Hoodie was at St Davids Head (Carn Llidi) this morning, 11:30, associating loosely with 4 Carrion Crows; presumably the bird seen a few da...
Treginnis, St. David's;- About half a dozen seen 6pm today, (Rob Davies) Teifi Marsh;- 7pm onwards c8 Swallows with c40 Sand Martins ar...
Two Marsh Tits have made a welcome appearance in the garden at Orielton over the past two days, returning for the first time this year, and ...
My first Blackcap singing in St Florence today. Haven't heard any Willow Warblers down here yet, Chiffchaffs singing all over the place.
Heard a Willow Warbler near St Nicholas today also Chiff Chaffs which have seemed not to have favoured N Pembs much so far...
25 Sand martin over the Mere. No sign of the GI`s
A Ringtail Harrier in serious hunting mode turned up at the big pond this morning causing mass panic. About 80 or so ducks, mostly...
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Churchill Wood, Llawhaden, this afternoon, opposote the church car park.
Monday 2 April - Pembs Bird Group - at the Patch Haverfordwest, A trip to Iceland by Lyndon Lomax. Please use the link to the Pembs Bird G...
Another female Black Redstart out at the Old Fort, 8 Redpolls and a similar number of Goldfinches over, with a first Swallow and a couple of...
A party of seven crossbills in conifers in Milton Woods,east of Westfield Pill this morning.
Yesterday Paul G had a Ruff with Redshank at Fortune's Frolic, and at 715am today Peter H had a Harrier sp heading north upstream past M...
3 Glossies feeding in front of the white cottage, with 2 Blackwits, 1 Sandmartin, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Curlew over.
Dawn at Mullock Bridge and Willow warblers singing for the first time but at least 10 at Martins Haven mid afternoon plus a male Blackcap. E...
Info received via e mail:- From Sarah Earl - a sighting of an Osprey seen on Tuesday 27 th March flying over the valley between Pwllgwael...
Quite a lot of Manxies about now, with both Sandwich Terns and Common Terns seen on tother side. A swallow flying west about ten miles off S...
Red Kite - I think only the second island record, the previous being in 2000. Stock Dove - a former breeder not seen for a few years. Bushes...
A flurry of migrants today. 10 blackcap, 20+ willow warbler, 5 chiffchaff, 1 greenfinch, 1 house sparrow and a reed bunting. Good numbers of...
A female Ring Ouzel was, surprisingly, inside the Burial Chamber before hiding first in a bush and then under a shady rock. Another Redpoll ...
On my way over Brynberian mountain this evening I saw a Short Eared Owl hunting across the road landing on a rock to the east side of the ro...
Indeed - normally seen as roadkill in Pembs, they hava a particular fondness for the A477. I've been keeping the Pembs Mammal Recorder s...
A round-up of a good day today and highlights of the last few days. Little Ringed Plover on North Pond – only the seventh island record, b...
Yes indeed it could well be - they are about here - but very shy Lyndon
An adult female Ring Ouzel was in the horse field below the farm on Cemaes Head this afternoon. Otherwise it was quiet, apart from a lot of ...
Following five consecutive days of wall to wall sunshine and planetary nights, today we added WATER RAIL to our patch list. We spotted it in...
Spent early morning at Bosherston with some fine views of Otters. On the bird front very quiet on the ponds with just 3 Goosanders, a few Ma...
Juvenile hen harrier has been here for past 5 days (thanks to Ann Humble for letting me know when it was on its way across from the mainland...
The Purple Heron was picked up in flight along the road near Ivor's Pond at 8:30ish, it dropped into a rough area near a willow clump, i...
Late morning - (Mike YP)
Ring ouzel at 12 pm today garland stone, Sarah
Mike YP has just had a Purple Heron fly in the Ivor's Pond area, 0830 -- trying to relocate now ! Last seen at 09:30 Treleddeyd Fawr ...
The RSPB is helping to co-ordinate the above survey. This is only the 2 nd national survey of this species and will provide a new estimate...
An interesting movement of Redpolls, min 17 (prob quite a lot more) the most I can remember here. The few seen well (5) were Lessers. Also 5...
Info and photo in from Malcolm Barradell - Spoonbill flying east over Ramsey Sound towards St Davids Saturday am and a Red Kite at Penmaenme...
Very quiet on Dale Airfield this evening. Initially very quiet at Marloes Mere too, but then burst into life on our way back to the car wit...
3 Shelduck 1 Red Kite 1 Merlin 2100 Puffin in North and South Haven on land 1 Black Redstart 8 Chiffs 4 Willows Choughs gathering nesting ma...
Took a toddle along to the base of Craig Talfynydd (Mynydd Preseli) hoping to find a Wheatear. Bingo, 2m & 2f Wheatear, 1m Stonechat, 2 ...
Spent a lovely afternoon mostly watching the shrike. It spent most of the time on the willow along the track mostly watching out for things ...
Today, our patch produced its first SWALLOW, RED KITE and BLACKCAP (all singles), 5 flyover REDPOLL , 3 SISKIN and 5 TURNSTONE on the hi...
45 or so Brents spent most of the low tide at Dale happily feeding and loafing - they seemed quite tame and oblivious to beach users. I was ...
3 Glossy Ibis ( falcinellus marloesii?) feeding with two Blacktail Godwits. 1 Ringtail Harrier. Ian MacKay had 1 Red Kite over as well.
From Steve Hearn - We live in Devon but returned from a short break in Pembrokeshire yesterday.We are keen walkers/ birders and visited a fe...
Not long after low tide this afternoon, about 1415 hr, 42 of Dave's Brents were lining the shore at Dale, looking very alert and perhaps...
Our first Swallow of the year and six Black-tailed Godwits on South Pond today.
Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Wheatears, Sand Martin, 5 Song Thrushes and lots of Chiffchaffs.
3 Dartford Warblers this morning at their regular site near St.Davids. Chiffchaffs now singing everywhere.
A walk across Dale Airfield produced very little (not even a Wheatear). The Gann held an impressive 55 pale-bellied Brent Geese - 39 on the...
Cracking day up in the hills, a few raptors showing inc Red kite, sparrowhawk and buzzards. Plenty of pipits on territories, a few skylarks ...
Seven years we have been here in the caravan, and at last, Internet has come to the site. Willow Warbler singing midday. Also on site this ...
Saw a suspicious chiffchaff in north valley which quickly disappeared towards the farm later confirmed at farm by Sarah with a scope as a w...
When inspecting the moth trap this morning I heard my first Blackcap of the year, plus about 3 simultaneously singing Chiffchaffs. The sunsh...
Feeding in front of white cottage at East end of the Mere, showing well from the track that runs past the YHA. 1 Blacktail Godwit with them ...
Singing chiffchaff, among several others. male blackcap - first for year Hen harrier Linnet - first for year.
The BTO c hat survey of Wales is now "live" on line, so please have a look at the site via the following web-link http://www.bto.o...
The Blacktailed Godwits are looking good at the moment. There are 167 on the pond this afternoon with 25 almost in summer plumage. Two colou...
Chiff-chaffs today in Cym Cych, Glogue, & just north of Whitland. They are spreading fast & looking at the forecast it's the oth...
31 Brent at 4pm. Very quiet up at Kete/St Anns - 2 chough, female kestrel and a pair of stonechat.
A stroll with Steve, Anna, & dogs - lovely evening, Glossies looking good in the sunshine.
Pencarnen, St. David's... 1 Cuckoo this evening. (John & Marion B) Boncath... 1 Brambling still.
Pretty quiet down in the south of the county. A few Chiffchaffs singing in St Florence and on Lydstep Head but otherwise no migrants.
3 Glossies, still there early this morning, close to the track at the East end of the Mere. I almost tripped over them in the fog!
While passing Dale beach today there were 19 Brents, one of which was ringed. The right leg had a white ring with the letter B in black - i...
From Syd Fairley. I regularly walk along Pembroke millpond and I am familiar with the regular resident birds. Today however, I saw a lone ...
Sorry for late post...... Tuesday 2pm, 700+ GPs by Frenni Fach
3 Glossies flew in about 6pm, & started feeding in front of the North hide, 1 Wheatear by the YHA. A fabulous spring evening - plenty of...
The Great Grey shrike was using the tall tree remains on the slope behind Pantmaenog House this evening, just about 5 months since first see...
While surveying for breeding kites this afternoon, there was plenty of raptor activity in this area. A pair of goshawks at a traditional sit...
A few migrants in evidence (the usual suspects): 6 Wheatears, 7 Sand Martins, a few Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests. The Siskin passage continues...
Showing at Ty rhyg - 12:45. (Wendy J)
Fishguard inner breakwater this am; 2 Snow Buntings & a Wheatear. Still havent seen a Black Guillemot.
2 Chiffchaff, 10 Shelduck, 15 Curlew, 9 Redshank, 3 Sanderling, c30 Wigeon.
The 3 Glossy Ibis at Marloes Mere this evening (6pm) in the usual spot best viewed from the track beyond the Youth Hostel. 2 Chiffs & a...
The Eiders were very close to mouth of the Gann, diving and picking-up crabs and shellfish. Up at Kete - 3 chiffchaff in the hedgerows, 3 ch...
10+ wheatears today, 1 sand martin, male black redstart, merlin and a few goldcrests. 18 cormorants headed north. Chough have hit the ground...
Early afternoon - Gann. The two imm. Eiders still off Musselwick Point. 8 lt.b. Brent Geese 1 Little Egret Marloes Mere - one Swallow and 3...
Just 2 Wheatears found on and near to the Deer Park this morning. A Merlin shot past along the Cliffs and there were 6 Chough. At Marloes Me...
There was a chiff-chaff singing on the roadside near Poppit this morning. There was a ring-billed gull by the "Co-op" riverside ca...
Lots of Wheatears on the head this morning, at least 15, nearly all of them right out in the area of the fort. This behaviour might suggest ...
The two young Eiders still in the offshore area opposite the car park. Brief visit to Marloes Mere revealed a hunting adult male Hen Harrier...
Single swallow north over the island this morning. This is the earliest date for 8 years (one on 17/3 in 2004). Haven't even had a sand ...
Teifi marshes -18:00;- c30 Sand Martins around the marsh for the evening, with c20 wagtails roosting too. Saturday evening;- 1 male Merlin e...
Glossies were there at 0700 this morning, I went back around 4pm but there was no sign of them. However, as I was driving home, they were fl...
Possibly my earliest ever in Uk , at Pencaer near Harmony Chapel.
Just 3 wheatear (male, 2 female) and a couple of curlews on the airfield, plus two geese heading eastwards high over. The 2 immature Eiders ...
10 a.m. - three Glossy Ibis, feeding busily in the sheep field. A ringtail Hen Harrier quartering the mere flushed at least 12 Snipe. Lat...
2 Eiders off Musselwick - seemed to be imm going into 1st summer plumage. 1 Slav Grebe,4 Shelduck, 2 Barwits, were the highlights. Very few ...
Quite early Raven chicks - Eggs must have been laid around late February. Also another Black Redstart around farm (Lewis Yates) Some other F...
From Richard Ellis - Stackpole/Bosherston - a chiffchaff singing near the Grassy Bridge, and a male wheatear at the back of Saddle Point, d...
Another new (male) Black Redstart, 4 Wheatears and similar numbers of Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests. 8 Siskins through.
A bit of a catch up with a single male Snow Bunting seen through the week as well as two Purple Sandpipers and a nice Sanderling associarti...
Nice bright start for a change. Plenty of raptors on the wing inc 6 or so buzzards, pair peregrines and a female kestrel, with a female spar...
A new Black Redstart at the north end of the Withies and 5 Wheatears near the Burial Chamber. A few Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests with Siskin o...
3,still there this evening.
Limited sightings for today as we spent most of the time on the water between the island and Porth Clais! Cracking male black redstart aroun...
Black redstart, a stunning male, merlin, 1877 puffins, 5 fieldfare, 2 redwing, 12 goldcrest, 11 chiffchaff, 60 meadow pipit, ...
First Wheatear on the head this morning, near the cromlech. About 6 Goldcrests & the same number of Chiffchaffs up the valley from Porth...
A few first appearances for the year today; 6 Wheatear 2 Black Redstarts, a female/1 st winter and a super male Yellowhammer Blackcap...
10th;- First Puffins out to sea. 11th;- First Manxie on land 12th;- Hen Harrier (ring tail) 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, 100 Starling, 2 Chaff...
Steve Rosser Elfyn Pugh and Pete Evans completed a Sea Trust Stena Ferry Survey today, which along with an astounding 24 seperate porpoise s...
After checking the barn owl box in Janet's field at Felindre (which had a roosting Tawny in - it obviously hasn't received a copy o...
A pair of Siskins in our garden today were the first this year, and no sign of a Brambling since late October last year.
Black redstart still here. Also today - single chiffchaff, goldcrest, house sparrow, fieldfare and an arrival of chaffinches and pied wagtai...
Our semi-tame garden pheasant enjoyed an unusual "snack" today. The literature mentions small vertebrates (voles, shrews) eaten ra...
despite the persistent foggy/misty conditions the Chiffchaffs seem to have arrived en masse today. A few seen everyday since saturday but t...
1 Still in the garden this morning.
1st chiffchaff of year today and just to remind us winter isn't quite over, a fieldfare . Also female merlin , goldcrest , 150 starling...
At Abercastle yesterday at 12noon a Wheatear on the headland and a male Stonechat, today at 07.45 am 3 Sand Martin and a Chiffchaff singing ...
St. Justinian's, St. David's Head;- 1 The male Ring Ouzel, and possibly a female seen too? 1 Short-eared Owl flying over high.... Wh...
Graham McElwaine is very keen to know the colour ring details for the Brent Goose at the Gann if anyone is heading that way soon and has got...
The shrike was very mobile especially in the scrub area, and was vocal at one point whilst sat on a tall spruce. On checking a sound recordi...
Teifi;- The 1st year, biscuit coloured Glaucous Gull from the GVP from c4pm. Fishguard;- The final WeBS of t he season, low numbers of wader...
2 - Greylag Geese, 1 - female Hen Harrier, also at Corse looking from farm track towards Starmans 1 male Hen Harrier, 1 female Merlin on ele...
The female/ juv black redstart was around the bungalow again today. Other birds that have dropped in today are 2 more goldcrests (nice to...
Careful counting (WEBS!) revealed 48 Brents today - not quite up to the numbers Brian had yesterday. One had colour rings - Orange Left, Whi...
Brent flock around 45. 2 GC grebe displaying to each other in the bay. Water rail pushed out by high tide. Group of turnstone wheeling aroun...
3 GI`S at 0730, flying around the Mere - ducking & diving as they do, they settled in front of the North hide, visible from the NT car p...
My WeBS count at Hook this morning revealed a drastic drop in bird numbers from my February count - 5,095 now down to 625! Also plenty of d...
Quiet this a.m. with only a barwit and a summer plumaged "crested" shag feeding off the Webley. 3 Great spots drumming between P...
After a shrikeless February 3 visits in March 2 shrike sightings. Just shows how elusive it can be, or has it been using another off-site ar...
The Black Redstart present again just west of Porthmelgan Beach, two Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest in the valley.
The 2w Ring-billed Gull back at Priory Bridge in Cardigan(Ceredigion). There from 0730, still present 1300. Chiffchaff singing on the Reser...
Gann: Lots of Brent - 51 on Gann plus another 6 on Pools (57), the 6 on the Pools were spooked and flew off in direction of Angle, 9 Goldene...
Sitting on the patio this afternoon with a cup of tea, having watched the antics of gulls objecting to the presence of a couple of buzzards,...
Presumably on it's return passage, a 2w Ring-billed Gull was in front of the GVP this evening. Hopefully it will resume it's previo...
Back on duty - 17.00 Friday to 17.00 Sunday! 3 Ibises still there.
A merlin just in front of the car at Canaston bridge roundabout today hot on the heels of what looked liked a reed bunting, though it's ...
Firecrest in Milton Woods this morning.This is the woodland to the east of Westfield Pill.Red Kite near Sentry Cross.
When you're 5 & a half thousand miles away.
Good numbers of waders on the upper millpond today. Black-tailed Godwits 175, including the regular colour ringed bird, Orange/Yellow right ...
The northern race of Ringed Plover (Tundra Ringed Plover) has been recorded at a variety of sites in Britain. My own experience of them com...
A Black Redstart was near Porthmelgan Beach and a Merlin on the Head (none wintered this year). At the Golf Course a male White Wagtail join...
...... at 4:52 yesterday, flying fast and zig-zagging against the strong wind. Once over the car park they whiffled down abruptly into the m...
Merlin (m) on Frenni Fawr yesterday morning. Then about lunchtime over 1000 GP's wheeling & turning in Frenni Fach area.
Was more interesting than expected this morning. 10 Ravens displaying together, a flock of c25 Golden Plovers & singing Skylarks.
Although the winter was generally pretty mild there were a couple of cold snaps so it was good to see 4 Dartford Warblers at a regular site ...
In the roost this evening, 1 imm Iceland Gull, looked like the 1st yr. bird of recent visits. c600 LBB Gulls, the bulk of the remainder of ...
A female / juv Black Redstart near the bungalow today. Flock of 14 chough.
The three Glossy Ibis again in the original field on the edge of Marloes this morning before flying off in the direction of Mullock Bridge. ...
Out with Paul G late afternoon, as we drove through Marloes the 3 Glossy Ibis were flying over the original field, and seemed to land to the...
From the Gull View Point a different 1st year Glaucous Gull this evening. This bird arrived at 17:31, a paler, marginally smaller bird, with...
I know I keep going on about it, but these birds are reliable. I got to the NT car park at 4:45pm, sure enough, 4:50pm in they flew from the...
Caught up with the shrike for the first time since January. It was keeping low and using the small conifers to the right of the pond, easily...
The 1st year Glaucous Gull again from the Gull Viewpoint at 11:20 this morning.
One calling by the Bristol Trader in Haverfordwest on Thursday at 7pm (Peter Howe).
Gann - 5 Great crested grebe, 4 goldeneye, 3 Brent and a merlin at Hasguard Cross
A Sandwich Tern was fishing offshore at the Gann mid afternoon on what is a very early date. Two Gannets were frequently diving further offs...
A good gathering of gulls at the Gann this evening, with at least 18 Med Gulls (9 ads, 3 3rdcy, 6 2ndcy - a mixture of head patterns!). Als...
High tide was 15:42, just about covered the main sand bar, so as the tide retreated fresh sand exposed ! Perfect for Teifi evening gulls ! 1...
1 Good looking male still appearing with other finches in the garden, for his sixth day.
Flew in to roost, from Marloes village direction at 16:50. A good Rolex watch would set you back say, £6-7,000. These 3 birds are reliable t...
Chiffchaff in North Valley, 1 Hen Harrier, 180 Oystercatcher, 18 Chough today. (Chris - warden)
At Bosherston this morning 9 Tufted Ducks, c. 15 Wigeon, 14 Gadwall and a lone Goldeneye. Goosander numbers down to 12 with some courtship g...
Had a wander along the cycletrack this morning - the bird I believe my brother-in-law saw was a what appears to be a washed-out Great Tit, v...
3 flew in from the village direction, as I got out of my car at 16:50 & settled on the Mere to roost, however some 45 mins later, someon...
My brother-in-law passed on a sighting he'd had whilst running on the cycletrack today (approx SM927134) of an all-white bird with yello...
At Garron Pill early afternoon nice to see a Red Kite cruise by, whilst on the tide edge there was a Greenshank and a Little Egret. I also f...
The 3 Glossy Ibis were back in the 'original' field in Marloes again today (i.e. opposite the church) and 2 Sand Martins at Marloes ...
2 Sand Martins were picked up by Paul Mahiques before the Pied Wagtails went to roost this evening. They flew us past once more to signal ...
The 1st year Glaucous Gull was playing with sticks (this bird's usual habit) on the sand bar, viewed from The Webley at 14:20 this afte...
Yesterday around 11.00 am - a mixed flock of (very) approx 100 knot and 40 grey plover flew in off the sea from the south, circled round a...
8 Great crested grebes - 2 appeared to be building a nest. 3 Little grebe, a female Goosander, 7 Goldeneye, c100 Canadas. Headed up to Roseb...
On the Carew River this afternoon a Little Egret, 1 Greenshank and 14 Black-tailed Godwits.
An interesting sighting sent in by Vicky Nightingale - "I'm not much of a birder (more casual spotter) but I was walking at Pantma...
First thing this morning I explored a new patch and enjoyed a lovely Spring walk upstream from the Motte & Bailey castle at Wolfscastle ...