2 Swifts flying about

Blue Tit parents visiting nest box 14 times in 15 minutes yesterday while several fledgling Long Tailed Tits were being fed in the hedge in the background.

0930. 4 screaming Swifts over, very briefly. Also Greenfinch calling (has been for weeks)

At last. 2 Swifts with the House Martins (20 or so) over the estate

Sat on sea wall watching a female Hobby soaring about for best part of five minutes. Also a single (brave) Swallow flitting around and then 2 more Swallows near Llantwit beach..

A few Linnets seen, and then heard 3 or 4 Whitethroat and Chiffchaff, 5 or 6 Willow Warblers, Blackcaps and Dunnocks (seen and heard), 2 Wren, 1 Cetti’s Warbler gave a short burst not far from the lake, my first Wheatear sighting of the year (and that only happened because a tee shot we were watching almost landed on its head sending him or her flying off at high speed!). 1 Sparrow Hawk (seen) and watched a male Peregrine for a while finishing off its breakfast of a bird which, judging by its long dark tail feather, had not long before, been larger than the raptor! On the return trip heard a single Whimbrel call which led us to a flock of 6 flying up from and then down onto the rocks. Single Swallow making its way westwards along the shore.

Kestrel hovering over B4270 near go kart track (on way there) also (probably the same) one hovering over the B4265 near Boverton (on way back) Also 3 Swallows over TP and a Mistle Thrush near the entrance.

Good to see (and hear) 12 or so House Martins have arrived back over our estate this afternoon.

13 Sand Martins, 4 Swallows, 1 Grey Wagtail, several Pied Wagtails, 2 Buzzards high up.

Green Woodpecker in railway trees – first for us since moving here in July 2019.

Afternoon walk Llantwit beach to Tresilian : Kestrel, Stonechat pair, single Swallow flying east along clifftop. Again no Wheatears

A few Stonechat, Chiffchaff (heard), single Song Thrush (heard), a few Blackbirds, Goldfinches, Dunnocks, Robins, single Wren, Green Woodpecker (seen and heard) just east of Atlantic College.

No Wheatears seen

Blue Tit. Pair started busily bringing in nesting material to the nest box on Sunday

Enjoyed watching a pair of Bullfinch feeding on Hawthorn buds about 10 feet away this morning for about 15 minutes- do they get through a lot of buds in a short time! Half an hour later a male Sparrowhawk was surveying the scene briefly from the same vicinity.

2030: Barn Owl hunting in ideal conditions (you could hear a pin drop) half a mile along the Aston Martin Road from the B4265 roundabout, on Eglwys Brewis side.

Also this morning in Ivy/Hawthorn by railway 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 hen Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 1 Nuthatch , 2 Collard Doves, several Magpies (heard)

Not much to report but good to see 3 smart male Greenfinches among a Goldfinch flock on the way up the steps, also a small flock of Long Tailed Tits. Also good to see the new planting of Pines (Corsican?) along the route. Male Chaffinch near the car park

After many recent failed attempts I finally saw my Barn Owl again – it flew across the Aston Martin road not far from the B4265 roundabout at about 2000 hours this evening (Saturday).

Barn Owl flew across the road and Tawny Owl heard in direction of Llanmaes. A total of 18 Redwing calls heard.

Pair of Stonechats, single Kestrel, single juvenile Wheatear and, back at Boverton, Chiffchaff singing away still.

Tawny Owl calling in the night and good to hear a Chiffchaff singing this morning – latest I’ve ever heard one.

Weds 2000-2045. Barn Owl flew across the road again also 2 Tawny Owls heard, 1 Eglwys Brewis direction the other Llanmaes direction.