Watermill: wigeon 6

Portobello: common sandpiper 1, wigeon 4, little egret 1, wheatear 1, and according to one of the anglers 2 red kite flew over before I arrived.

Very quiet. Birds of note were adult med gull, little egret and my first kingfisher of the Autumn

2 yellow wagtails on the approach road to the car park

Lots of birds in the valley but the majority were finches. A couple of black caps, chiff chaffs and meadow pipits also present.

Very quiet on the clifftop to Cwm Nash the highlight being 2 chough and a raven

Watermill: ruff still present this morning together with 4 snipe, 1 little egret and a wheatear

Portobello: The only bird of note was a sedge warbler

Just back from 3 days cetacean surveying from the Stenna ferry with Sea Trust. Cetaceans seen were Rissos and Common Dolphins (5 Rissos while still tied up in Rosslare) and plenty of porpoise. 3 very large splashes followed by 4 blows will unfortunately remain a mystery.

Birds seen were sooty shearwater 2, Balearic shearwater 3, great skua 5, storm petrel 5, and very large numbers of Arctic and Common terns. 

There was a wryneck in Pant Norton this morning.

4 common sandpiper, a little egret and 3 juv shellduck were the highlights among all the tents and anglers this morning.

Pant Norton had a common redstart, 2  spotted flycatcher, a yellowhammer a green woodpecker and lots of blackcaps, willow warblers, chiff chaff and whitethroats.

3 grey heron on Ploran Mawr.

1 greenshank opposite Portobello House. 2 adult shellduck with 15 large juveniles and 1 curlew lower down the estuary.

Black tailed godwit still present but below Portobello House. Also present were curlew 1, redshank 1, and 2 adult shellduck with 15 mixed age juveniles.

My greenfinches have caught/contracted trichomonosis. All feeding suspended and disinfectant used on feeders and paving slabs. I hope the bullfinches escape.