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Three brambling present.

Collared dove carrying nesting material in Penmaen yesterday. Appreciate they can breed all year round, but nevertheless slightly surprised by this.

Firecrest yesterday among 58 birds captured during ringing session. For further info / photo Click HERE

c. 7 brambling, 2 jack snipe, firecrest (photo below by Stephen Vickers) yesterday

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Brambling and 2 fieldfare over just after dawn this morning

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Firecrest on Southward Lane

A little run of yellow wagtails at the marsh in the last ten days, including different birds roosting with pied/white wags on Friday and Saturday.

Quiet for migrants with small numbers of reed and sedge warbler, a whitethroat and a tree pipit captured during the Welsh Ringing Course.

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Yellow wagtail yesterday. More info and photos here.

 

Good numbers of tree pipits, grasshopper warbler, a few garden warbler today. Over 500 birds captured by the ringing team in the past week. For more information and photos, see LINK

pic below: garden warbler

 

Small numbers of common migrants moving through of late including garden warbler, tree pipit (below) and grasshopper warbler. For latest ringing news see LINK

Yesterday: 4-5 tree pipits, garden warbler, kingfisher. Almost 150 birds ringed this week. For more information follow the LINK

56 sedge warblers, 33 reed warblers, 23 willow warblers, 2 grasshopper warblers among 181 birds this morning.

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Crossbill in the pine trees at Langland Corner this morning

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Photo: the first juvenile stonechat of the year at Oxwich (Keith Vaughton)

A singing lesser whitethroat in the dunes and two grasshopper warbler on the marsh (including a breeding female). More information on recent ringing sessions is HERE

 

 

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Two jack snipe still present. Six little egrets in the roost.

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Apologies for the non-sighting post.

On Fri 24th Mar there will be an indoor meeting at the Environment Centre, Pier St, Swansea. A talk will be given on long-term monitoring of Pied Flycatchers at Cwm Clydach’ by Heather Coats

Following this there will be a overview of the ringing year at Oxwich by Owain Gabb.

The meeting will start at 19:15. It will be £1 on the door to cover costs of room hire.

A few chiffchaffs, including a singing bird, a sand martin, 7 little egrets in the roost, and a goshawk tussling with two buzzards late morning.

Snipe numbers down. Jack and common snipe still present though.

Finch numbers high. Probably 100+ goldfinch in the area, along with smaller numbers of chaffinch and siskin.

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Great northern diver close inshore off Oxwich Bay Hotel

32 sanderling on the foreshore

9 shoveler with teal and mallard on the South Pond