Seen by Gwen this morning,  26 Whimbrel

Beach opposite Sker House, 11 Wimbrel.

A Chough  was on Locks Common.

27 species today

Blackbird , Canada Goose , Chaffinch , Coot , Great Spotted Woodpecker , Grey Heron,
Jackdaw , Long-tailed Tit , Mallard , Mute Swan – usually 4 cygnets, none today , Pied Wagtail , Robin ,Wren ,Blue Tit ,Carrion Crow , Coal Tit , Dunnock , Great Tit , Grey Wagtail , Little Grebe , Magpie, Moorhen , Nuthatch , Redwing 1 , Teal , Woodpigeon ,
and a Treecreeper exploring a telegraph pole.

17 of us were well wrapped -up for the GBC monthly public birdwalk this morning! A biting wind and choppy waves made us work hard for the 39 species we found. Highlights were -4 Sandmartin and 14 Lapwing over the pool, a Kittiwake making a brief visit, a small flock of Golden Plover, 3 very vocal Greenfinch, and a Sparrowhawk over the dunes.

Full list-   Blackbird , Buzzard , Carrion Crow , Chiffchaff , Cormorant , Gadwall ,
Great Crested Grebe , Greenfinch , Herring Gull, Jackdaw,  Lapwing, Magpie ,
Mute Swan, Reed Bunting, Sand Martin, Tufted Duck, Wren, Blue Tit, Wigeon,
Canada Goose , Chaffinch, Coot, Dunnock , Goldeneye , Great Tit , Greylag Goose ,
House Sparrow , Kittiwake , Lesser Black-backed Gull , Mallard , Pochard ,Robin (heard),
Starling , Woodpigeon , Golden Plover, Song Thrush, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk.

With thanks to Strinda for leading the walk.  The April Kenfig birdwalk will take place on Sunday 22nd, as part of the GBC Big Birding Day, when there will be two walks. Please see the website closer to the event for timings.

This was a lovely spot to visit in the sunshine on Thursday morning.

Robin, Bullfinch , Treecreeper, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Redwing, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Buzzard over, Wren, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Pied Wagtail, Starling.

WeBS count today

Blackbird ,Carrion Crow ,Collared Dove ,Dunnock ,Jackdaw ,Little Grebe ,Magpie, Moorhen ,Nuthatch ,Song Thrush ,Woodpigeon ,Blue Tit ,Coal Tit ,Coot ,Great Tit
Jay ,Long-tailed Tit ,Mallard ,Mute Swan ,Robin ,Teal .Wren .

17 species this morning, lots of blue tits, great tits, robins- fed well here! No mute swans today.

Blackbird ,  Carrion Crow ,  Coot ,  Great Tit,  Little Grebe ,  Mallard   Robin
Sparrowhawk , Woodpigeon , Blue Tit , Collared Dove , Goldcrest , House Sparrow ,
Magpie ,  Moorhen ,  Song Thrush,  Teal

On an overcast morning with a forecast of heavy rain, 26 participants came on the GBC monthly pubic walk today, – with a special welcome to some new faces.

Fortunately it remained mainly dry, and 49 (!) species were seen/heard, the highlights being-   Bittern ,Slavonian Grebe,Goosander, Chiffchaff, 12 Reed Bunting,Goldeneye, Kingfisher, a very close Sparrowhawk perched on a post for several minutes,  and the large number of wildfowl on the pool.

Full list-

Bittern, Blackbird, Canada Goose, Cetti’s Warbler , Chiffchaff , Common Gull , Cormorant
Gadwall ,  Goosander , Great Tit ,  Grey Heron ,  Herring Gull , Jackdaw, Mallard ,                 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Tit , Mistle Thrush  Pied Wagtail , Redshank
Robin, Slavonian Grebe, Sparrowhawk,  Teal, Wigeon, Wren,  Blue Tit,  Coot, Chaffinch,
Collared Dove, Carrion Crow, Black -headed Gull, Dunnock , Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Greenfinch, Greylag Goose, House Sparrow ,Kingfisher ,Little Grebe, Magpie,
Meadow Pipit ,Mute Swan, Pochard, Reed Bunting, Shoveler, Song Thrush, Starling, Tufted Duck ,Woodpigeon,

A walk round the pool today. -28th December

On the pool-

Bittern, (possibly two)in front of the South hide, Slavonian Grebe, Great crested grebe, Little grebe, Mute swan, Goldeneye, Redshank, Gooseander, Mallard, Canada goose, Tufted duck, Coot, Pintail,  Cormorant, Pochard, Gadwall, Cettis warbler heard, Black-headed gull, Herring gull, Grey Heron.

Plus-      Robin, Blue tit, Great tit, Bullfinch, Goldcrest, Long-tailed tit, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Dunnock, Woodpigeon, Kestrel.

In sleet today-

Blackbird 6, Chaffinch 3, Coot 12, Little Grebe 6, Mallard 8,  Mute Swan 6,                              Redwing 1 ,Song Thrush 3, Woodpigeon 1, Blue Tit 7+, Coal Tit 4, Great Tit 6, Magpie 2, Moorhen 6, Nuthatch 3, Robin 4, Teal 4.

Monthly public walk.

Eleven folk took part in our birdwalk this morning in damp,dull ,breezy weather.              Highlights were 2 Slavonian Grebe and 2 Waterail, both showing well close to the hide.

Full list-  Black-headed Gull 50+, Blue Tit 2, Chaffinch,  Collared Dove 2,Coot 20+, Gadwall
Goldfinch 3,Great Tit 4 Herring Gull 20+, Jackdaw 6+, Little Grebe 2, Mallard 6, Pochard 3
Robin 1, Slavonian Grebe 2, Tufted Duck 8+ Wigeon 1, Wren 1, Blackbird 1, Carrion Crow
Coal Tit 1, Common Gull 2, Cormorant 6+, Goldcrest , Great Crested Grebe 6+, Grey Heron
House Sparrow 10+, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Magpie 3+, Mute Swan 3, Redwing 1
Shoveler 2, Starling 10+ ,Water Rail 2, Woodpigeon

With thanks to everyone for your support, especially Tom for his help with ID.

Yesterday lunchtime, low tide.

24 species,  of note-  40+ Lapwing , 14+ Curlew, 100+ Starlings

This afternoon,

Black-headed Gull 5+, Blue Tit 4, Carrion Crow 15+, Curlew 4, Goldfinch 10,                Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Magpie 5+, Robin 3, Woodpigeon 8+, Blackbird 4, Buzzard 1,
Cormorant 3, Goldcrest 2, Herring Gull 6+, Long-tailed Tit 6+, Oystercatcher 13+
Starling 20+

Didn’t find the Ring Ouzel, but saw two very bright Yellowhammers in Pant Norton!

Plus-

Black-headed Gull 30+, Blue Tit 2, Canada Goose 200+, Cormorant 2, Great Tit HouseSparrow 4 , Little Egret 1, Mallard 30+, Pied Wagtail 1, Shelduck 1, Wren 1
Blackbird 6Buzzard 2Carrion Crow 2Curlew 1
Herring Gull 200+, Linnet 2, Magpie 4, Mute Swan 4+, Robin 1, Woodpigeon 50+
Yellowhammer 2

3 more birds for yesterday’s GBC walk, Dunnock, starling, tufted duck

Ten hardy souls took part on the GBC monthly Saturday morning bird walk, very blustery with occasional squally showers.  We were very pleased to log 36 species. Highlights included two Ringed Plover, and a Med Gull (thanks to Tom) a Great Spotted Woodpecker in flight, and a small flock of Golden Plover between the pool and the Centre.

Full list-

Black-headed Gull 10+         Meadow Pipit 3                          Magpie 3
Mute Swan 3                          Blue Tit 2                                      Gadwall 4
Collared Dove 2                     Canada Goose 6                          Golden Plover 10+
Ringed Plover 2                      Cetti’s Warbler -Heard             Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Sparrowhawk 1                     Wigeon 6                                     Swallow 1
Water Rail 1                            Wren                                            Greenfinch 2
Woodpigeon 1                         Goldcrest 1                                 Mediterranean Gull 1
Cormorant 6                            Goldfinch 7                                  Pied Wagtail 1
Blackbird 1                              Great Tit 2                                    Mallard 6
Buzzard 1                                 Coot 30+                                        Long-tailed Tit

Carrion Crow 6                        Herring Gull 10+                      Robin
Chaffinch 3                              Jackdaw 40+                               House Sparrow 10+

Apologies for gaps, I copy and pasted the list from Bird Track, then ended up with a long list.  Then when published, the columns came out of line!

Here’s the full list from today’s Monthly bird walk.

With many thanks to Strinda Davies, our leader.

Woodpigeon, Magpie, Collared Dove, Swallow, Sand Martin, Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Black- Headed Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Grey heron, Cormorant, House Sparrow, Greenfinch, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Chiff Chaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Blackcap, Mute Swan, Long-tailed Tit, Meadowpipit, Jay, Goldfinch, Wren, Kestrel, Common Whitethroat, Bullfinch, Mallard, Linnet, Redshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Stonechat, Kingfisher, Coot, Songthrush, Starling, Robin, Buzzard. 43

25 participants enjoyed the monthly public walk on Saturday.

44 species were seen/heard,  including a purple heron!

Many thanks to everyone who came, especially Strinda Davies our leader.

 Full list-

Blue Tit, Great tit, House Sparrow, Willow Warbler, Magpie, Cormorant, Whitethroat, Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Carrion Crow, Greenfinch, Herring Gull, Housemartin, Sandmartin, Swift, Swallow, Song Thrush, Chiff Chaff, Dunnock, Starlings(50+), Blackbird, Buzzard, Grey Heron, Robin, Goldfinch, Lapwing, Stonechat, Linnet, Wren, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Coot with Chicks, Canada Goose, Goldcrest(H), Chaffinch, Great Crested Grebe, Chettis(H), Pheasant(H), Greylag Goose, Pied Wagtail, Mute Swan with Goslings(5 today), Gadwall, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Purple Heron!

Yesterday, after searching the fields and shore, 8 Whimbrel over the centre,  flying towards the golf course. No sign of purple heron.  Also, stonechat, linnet,  whitethroat, lapwing, ,gray heron , pair of gadwall on a flooded slack, , 4 coot chicks,  great crested grebe, wheatear.