54 species seen on the GBC trip with 20 participants today. 3-4 Purple Sands eventually seen on the foreshore rocks at Ogmore-by-Sea, and the Dartford Warbler showed briefly but well, a couple of times, in the gorse behind the toilet block at Dunraven. There were 7 Goldeneye at Portobello and a pair pf Goosander up towards the water treatment works bridge. Other wildfowl were Mallard, Teal, Wigeon [1 fem], Pintail [1 drake], Gadwall and Shelduck, the latter 4 near the river mouth.
3 of us stopped by at Ty’n-y-Caeau Farm on the way back East and had a couple of Yellowhammer on the hedgerow and a fly-over Redwing.
Full species list: Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Pintail, Goldeneye, Goosander, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Cormorant, Buzzard, Kestrel, Purple Sandpiper, Redshank, Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great tit, Long-tailed Tit, Dartford Warbler, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Stonechat, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer.