On our Rudry Common Trust woodland site  (outskirts of Rudry village)  this eve a couple of juv Mistle thrushes and a juv blackbird.Cuckoo on the common and mating willow warblers.Now have 100 nest boxes on the site being monitored by our volunteers for BTO nest box scheme.

Between 8.50 and 9.05 am this morning  4,000 wood pigeons heading West  over Rudry Common, a further 1,000 between 9.30 and 10.00am.

Working in the woods in Rudry this afternoon a number of fresh wood pigeon kills ,probably Sparrow hawk.

Yesterday , after catching up with the ooc Penduline tit , CBWR- Male sparrowhawk and water rail at Hamadryad .

 

Yesterday morning driving down Cefn Porth Lane ,Nr Pontprennau,a big female goshawk flew overhead and into the Western side of Cefn Mably woods

20 Redwing over the garden early this am and 40+ this evening, All heading East.

BTO thrushes survey on and around the Common this morning.170 Redwing , most in woodland feeding on Yew/rowan and hawthorn berries,just one Fieldfare ,3 song thrush and 10 blackbird.

Other birds of note-3 bullfinch,2 grey wagtail and a flock of 50+ chaffinch feeding on beech mast .Small copper on the wing.

L-B Dowitcher still on Rhaslas around 1.30pm ,still windy but dry!

Afternoon stroll on Rudry Common -3 Fieldfare (first of the autumn here) and around 30 Redwing , mainly in the wooded areas around the common, also a nice count for here  of 20 Reed bunting , all together in willow scrub to East of the car park. A couple of chiff chaff still.

60+ House Martin over the Common this evening , at least 70 Chiffchaff and, in newly ploughed field ajoining the  Common 45+ Mistle Thrush (most seen here by far for me) Spooked by a sprawk and all flew East. With the Mountain Ash laden with berries all bodes well for the start of the second season for BTO thrushes survey which begins tomorrow.