Juvenile hobby on a post at the ‘boathouse’. After doing a couple of widths of the pool it was chased off by a kestrel.

A male sparrowhawk and 3 whinchats were the best sightings on a stroll to Sker Point and back. One whinchat was near Pink Bay pond and the other two were close to Sker farm pond.
Also, 7 wheatears, 2 white wagtails, c70 linnets, c50 goldfinches and 2 skylarks.

2 yellow wagtails, 1white wagtail, 5 wheatears, 8 stonechats, 4 rock pipits, 2 skylarks and a mixed flock of mainly linnets with some goldfinches

Managed to catch up with the very smart-looking redstart found by Darren Coombs near Kenfig Castle this morning.
This afternoon I popped into Parc Slip and found another male redstart among the bushes near the end of the wooden fence along the canal path.

The lame glaucous gull was in the car park at Newton Point earlier this afternoon. Also, at Trecco Bay, on the falling tide, 25 sanderlings and a single grey plover on the rocks.

6 wheatears this morning; three male and three female.

A ring ouzel was found by two photographers on the farm field near the pond this morning. Dave Lewis and myself managed a brief view of the bird before it flew off over the dunes.

A red-throated diver, 4 common scoters and a redshank at high tide this afternoon.

Two purple sandpipers were at Pink Bay this morning. The eider seen on Monday was still at Sker point at high tide. On the footpath from Pink Bay to Sker Court a barn swallow perching on the fence was a nice surprise.

Male common eider on the water close to Sker point this morning.
Observed for a few minutes on the falling tide before it moved off to the west.

4 curlew sandpipers, all on the east side of the river this morning. At times feeding together.
Whinchat at the beach car park.

Nothing special to report, but lots of migrant activity.
Around 20 stonechats-the most I’ve seen in this area, 2 whinchats, 4 common whitethroats, c 200 starlings, c 50 linnets, 1 reed bunting by the golf course pond, 4 rock pipits on the beach, good numbers of meadow pipits, goldfinches, wheatears and a few yellow wagtails.
Buzzard, kestrel and a sparrowhawk causing mayhem.
On Saturday a black-tailed godwit was a first for me at Sker.

2 very mobile whinchats on the stone wall 300m west of lifeguards’ cabin at Pink Bay. In the same area, slightly closer to Sker, 4 yellow wagtails were feeding among the Welsh black cattle.
12 wheatears, 7 stonechats, 2 rock pipits and a mixed flock of 50 mainly linnets with a few goldfinches and meadow pipits thrown in.
Not many waders to report; just 3 curlews and 48 oystercatchers on Sker beach.

Red-billed chough on Lock’s Common, Porthcawl at lunchtime today.

From Sker Court to Sker point. 1130 until 1330.

1 little owl, 2 golden plovers(sp), 1 lapwing, 19 whimbrels, 35 wheatears, 6 stonechats and a little egret at the farm pond, briefly.

Six hawfinches seen from the path, about 100 m from the entrance opposite the car park.

Sker rocks almost completely submerged at high tide this morning. Nothing special to report, but had good close-up views of the gulls and waders that had been pushed up onto the shingle and near to the coastal path.

7 purple sandpipers, 3 bar-tailed godwits, 2 knot, 17 sanderlings, 8 ringed plovers, 15 curlews and only 7 golden plovers. Lots of turnstones and approx. 150 oystercatchers. Gulls numbered about 200, nearly all herring gulls, apart from 2 l-b-backs and singles of g-b-backed and black-headed.

Jack snipe on KP marsh, bittern in north bay reed bed, 3 snipe in front of north hide, redshank on east shore and goldcrest on boardwalk.

On the pond, 18 mute swans, 2 pochard, 4 teal, 2 great crested grebes and a little grebe.

Surprised to see an adult male black redstart in my garden this morning.

The bird flew around the street, perching on walls occasionally, before flying off after about five minutes. Location-Porthcawl.