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Author: Steve Young

Goosander

On February 6, 2014 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Wood Street Bridge, Cardiff, drake.

Blackcap

On February 6, 2014 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Male and female regularly at fat ball in Canton garden.

Blackcap

On February 2, 2014 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

single female daily this last few days feeding on fat ball in Canton garden.

Blackcap

On January 28, 2014 By Steve YoungIn Sightings2 Comments

Female Blackcap present in Canton garden again.

Blackcap

On January 26, 2014 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

female present in Canton garden all day.

Main road Dipper

On January 24, 2014 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Dipper bobbing alongside Ely River Bridge for a long while as traffic buzzed by!

Wood Pigeon movement

On November 10, 2013 By Steve YoungIn Sightings1 Comment

Large movement SSW over Canton/Leckwith. 90,000 (ninety thousand!) birds in three hours. Movement also seen over Penylan.

Wood Pigeon

On November 7, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

movement again today. 3,300 over Canton/Leckwith moving ssw 7.30am-9am

Woodpigeon

On November 4, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Large movement across broad front. Canton/Leckwith-25,000 ssw in 90 minutes 7.30am-9am.

Redwing

On October 12, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

2 Redwings, Leckwith early morning. One over Canton. 20 Canada Geese over.

Grangemoor Park

On October 5, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Trickle of Meadow Pipits south; 10 Skylark; single Swallow; single Chiffchaff; 5 Canada Geese; 25 Mute Swan; group of 26 Magpies.

River Ely, Penarth Road/Grangemoor Park

On September 28, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Black Swan!

Grangemoor Park

On September 28, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

light trickle of Swallows moving south east 7.30 am-8.00 am (a mere 100), and a few more over Canton til 9am. A few Meadow Pipits and occasional Skylark, Pied Wagtail over. Six chiffchaffs.- in scrub.

Canton, Cardiff (garden)

On August 30, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Garden Warbler feeding in rowan.

Peregrine

On July 26, 2013 By Steve YoungIn SightingsLeave a comment

Still one or two daily around Millennium Stadium and area.

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