Highlights: A first-winter Caspian Gull was identified in the Cardiff Bay roost. A female Ring-necked Duck present at both Lisvane Reservoir and Cardiff Bay was joined for a couple of days by a drake. Two individual Snow Buntings were observed at Nash Point. Kenfig Pool hosted two Whooper Swans and a Bearded Tit. 

Other Sites: Up to eight Dark-bellied Brent Geese frequented the flood at Sker, with four Pale-bellied and a single Dark-bellied at Breaksea Point, Aberthaw. A pair of Egyptian Geese was noted at Ogmore Estuary, Flemingston Moor and Kenfig Pool. Three Scaup were at Cardiff Bay. Two Eider passed Sker. Female Red-breasted Mergansers were seen at Aberthaw, Butetown Reservoir and Sker. Single Great Northern Divers occurred at Cardiff Bay and Llwyn-on Reservoir, with at least four in the Kenfig locality. A Cattle Egret was Sker and a Great White Egret dropped in at Ogmore Estuary. A male Marsh Harrier was at Kenfig. Common Sandpipers were at Lisvane Reservoir and Ogmore Estuary. Late Arctic Skuas were logged at Ogmore-by-Sea, Porthcawl and Cardiff Bay. A maximum of seven Yellow-legged Gulls came to roost at Cardiff Bay. Short-eared Owls were at Cosmeston and Lavernock. A Water Pipit looked set to winter at Ogmore Estuary. Black Redstarts graced Cardiff Bay (two), Aberthaw (two), Llantwit Major and Nash Point. Firecrests were at Penarth Head (three), Aberthaw (two), Boverton, Kenfig and Bute Park. Choughs wandered east as far as Aberthaw and Barry. A Hawfinch was at Michaelston-le-Pit.
Summary by Paul Roberts