Highlights: At Kenfig the four Tundra Bean Geese, which arrived in December, departed on the 1^st, while four Barnacle Geese there appeared more settled. A Russian White-fronted Goose was briefly at Ogmore Estuary. A Siberian Chiffchaff was at Burrows Well, Merthyr Mawr Warren.

Other Sites: A female Scaup was noted at both Cosmeston and Cardiff Bay. Great Northern Divers lingered at Llanishen Reservoir and Llwyn-on Reservoir. Kenfig hosted a Bittern and two Great White Egrets. A Merlin was at Wigfach. At least three Common Sandpipers were wintering on the Ely Embankment, Cardiff Bay, with another at Ogmore Estuary. A Little Gull dropped in at Cardiff Bay. Black Redstarts comprised three at Gileston, two at Nash Point and two in the vicinity of Penarth Marina/Cardiff Bay Barrage. Firecrests were at Aberthaw (two), Tompson’s Park, Cardiff (two), Kenfig and Parc Slip. A Hawfinch was at Forest Farm. 
Summary by Paul Roberts