Late morning/early afternoon today:

Parc Taf Bargoed – 15 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen and a Cormorant

Rhaslas Pond – 7 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Tufted and 17 Wigeon

Butetown Pond – 5 Moorhen, 4 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebe and 25 Canada Geese.

 

 

 

 

Late this afternoon: 4 Cormorant, 1 Tufted, 4 Goosander, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Coot, 1 Moorhen and 12 Mallard

Black-throated diver still at Barry Dock around 15.45. Favouring the east side of the dock at that time and viewed from Barry Waterfront. Also an adult Mediterranean Gull, and unusual for this site, a Little Grebe.

At Cosmeston late afternoon on the west lake, the Lesser Scaup was with the Tufted flock and there were 27 Magpies in a single group on the west bank. Also 17 Pochard and at least 2 Gadwall.

 

This morning:

Rhaslas – 3 Goldeneye, 21 Wigeon, 8 Tufted, a Cormorant and a singing Skylark

Butetown – 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Goosander, 2 Tufted, 6 Coot, 5 Moorhen and a Mute Swan

Ffosyfran/Isaac Morgan – 3 Teal, 4 Coot, 6 Mallard and a Kestrel

The Great Northern Diver was at the top end of Llwyn On reservoir late yesterday morning.

 

 

Adult Mediterranean Gull this evening in the Black-headed Gull roost in Barry Docks. Earlier today, 2 Willow Tit at Nelson Wern.

The Black-necked Grebe was close in to the west bank of the Bay just down from the flyover at 3pm today.

Swanbridge/Sully Beach/Bendricks early morning – 6 Curlew, 30 Oystercatcher and a single Turnstone

Cosmeston early morning – Drake Gadwall (East Lake), Drake Teal (West Lake), Cetti’s Warbler in the West Lake reeds and a Common Gull on the posts

Llwyn On – Great Northern Diver viewed around 1pm from the car park on the west side roughly half way up the reservoir

Jepsons Pond – 3 Goosander on the pond and a Red Kite over.

Rhaslas Pond – 2 Goosander plus Wigeon and a Cormorant

Pond next to derelict Ffosyfran training centre – 4 Teal

Incline Top pond late afternoon – 7 Goosander

Pair of Goosander on Isaac Morgan pond mid morning, and a hunting Kestrel near the entrance to the derelict Ffos-y-fran training centre.

Late this afternoon at Cosmeston singles of Barnacle goose, drake Pochard and drake Shoveler all at the west end of East Lake, and on the West Lake 3 Gadwall.

Adult winter-plumaged Mediterranean Gull on Gileston beach this morning.

Juvenile Ruff at the Watermill early evening. 3 Little Egret on Ploran Mawr and 2 Common Sandpiper at Portobello.

This morning around 10am. Adult Mediterranean Gull in with 100 or so Black-headed Gulls on Portobello Island. Very mobile as lots of disturbance from walkers and anglers. Black-tailed Godwit just upstream of the treatment works bridge.

Great Crested Grebe carrying 2 young on its back at Cosmeston this morning. Successful breeding at Cardiff Bay Wetland Reserve also, with another 2 Great Crested Grebe juveniles there.