0645 21/12/19 Tawny Owl calling and then flying over our heads as we loaded up the car.

Another Robin / Black Redstart combination. This time at the base of the cliffs to the right of the slipway, Sunday afternoon. Also male Kestrel flying along cliffs.

1430 – 1530. Grey Wagtail under the bridge near Llantwit. Single Bullfinch heard snd glimpsed half way down valley. In the vicinity of the beach toilet block immature Black Redstart along with a Robin friend. Also on the beach slabs a pair of Stonechats, Rock Pipit, 2 Wrens and a few Pied Wagtails.

Cetti’s Warbler calling from brambles just to the west of the bridge. 2 pairs of Bullfinch calling from wooded hill to west of valley. Pair of Stonechats alongside stream quarter of a mile inland.

Sunday afternoon – about half a mile inland from the estuary – Pair of Peregrines tussling over the hillside. 7 female Goosanders apparently hunting in a pack. 2 pairs of Goldeneye also diving frequently.

First Song Thrush for me for 3 months from Ogmore riverside footpath. 4 Lapwings and Heron seen from Watermill Pub. Tues 22nd Oct afternoon.

Green Woodpecker heard near St Donats, also Peregrine flying west. Back nearer to Llantwit, 6 or so Swallows also flying west. Have not seen the regular lone Wheatear there for a few days now. Met a couple who had seen “Alpine Crows” with red beaks near to Nash Point last year.

1 female Wheatear, 1 Peregrine, 2 Kestrels, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Fulmar. 50 or so Swallows heading East

Kingfisher flew downstream under Llantwit bridge 1700 hrs. Sept.27th. Also female Stonechat edge of stream not far from the cafe.

Tuesday 17 Sept evening – 2 male and 1 female Wheatears,1 male and 3 female Stonechats.

At least nine wheatears between Boverton and Seawatch Centre – Thursday mid-afternoon. Andrew Lewis.

On brook in Boverton village at 1630 Tuesday 3rd September. Andrew Lewis.

Monday Sept. 2nd Tawny Owls (2 males, 1 female) calling 2100hrs. alongside railway line Boverton. Andrew Lewis

Willow Warbler singing (half heartedly) 0700 13/08/19 Andrew Lewis

Dipper on Nash Brook, Monknash 1500 hrs. Sunday 11th August about half mile from sea. Andrew Lewis.

1400-1630, 06 August. Male Bullfinch and 2 Whitethroat in woods. Male Stonechat bathing in stream with female in vicinity- also 4/5 Goldfinches and 4/5 Linnets drinking. Andrew Lewis

August 5th,1230-1530 Coast path between Llantwit Major and Nash Point. Peregrine flying, Female Wheatear, Willow warbler, Blackcap.

Drinking from the Colhugh as viewed from the cafe seats :- 6 Greenfinches and a Yellowhammer in a huddle, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Goldfinches, 3 Carrion Crows.