Decided to avoid the mud of Cosmeston and walk across the barrage this morning, then around Porth Teigr and back. Just off the orange buoys inside the barrage locks there was a female Goosander and a single Common Gull on the buoys, and a Rock Pipit flew in and landed by the inner shore. Farther along a flock of around 12 Linnet flew past, as did a flight of 16 Cormorant over the Bay. By the feeder dock where the Sand Martins nest a lady pointed out a Kingfisher sitting on a railing, which then flew down to a ledge on the dock wall. I grabbed a pic but it was rather too far off for a decent image. Round at the Porth Teigr area by Roath Basin there was a decided no-show by any Black Redstarts, although it was quite gusty. A Chiffchaff was flitting around in scrub by the bridge next to the Gloworks building [Common Chiffchaff I’m sure – I detected no greyish tones suggestive of Sibe], and there were just 3 Meadow Pipits on the rough ground by Gloworks. On the return leg there were 3 Common Gulls on the orange buoys and 53 Cormorant sitting along the inner jetty [there had been none there on the way out]. Kingfisher below, 1 as taken on max Zoom and one cropped from the same image as much as I dare.