June 2023

Highlights: Late news from May involved a singing Nightingale at St Mellons (16th-25th) and a Rosy Starling in a garden at Litchard, Bridgend (31st). Meanwhile, in June a Turtle Dove was found at Grangemoor Park, Cardiff (30th) and a drake Garganey called in at nearby Cardiff Bay (11th). Waders reported from Llanilid included Wood Sandpiper, maximum five Green Sandpipers, two Greenshanks and a Black-tailed Godwit. A group of four Little Ringed Plovers passed through at Ogmore Estuary, where a Mandarin Duck remained. Little Ringed Plover and Black-tailed Godwit were both noted at Kenfig Pool.
Summary by Paul Roberts

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