Male Snow Bunting at ST8770873774, right on the cliff edge. Also Unid bird, Pipit like but with pure jet white throat patch, unfortunately only seen for one second and couldn’t refind as too close to the edge for safety.

At Ogmore Estuary, seven Goldeneye, four Brent Geese, three Turnstone, two Redshank and a Bar-tailed Godwit.

A “V” formation of six Swans flew east over Pontypridd Town Centre at eight o’clock this morning. I didn’t have any optics with me at the time but the shortness of neck and general size gave me the impression that they may well have been Bewick’s.

Great to see a party of eight Chough on the Heritage Coast this afternoon. Sadly it was the first Saturday list for many months without a single Swallow seen, not even a late straggler today.

Rather quieter than hoped for. A couple of Commics, a few Manxies and Fulmars all d/c and a juvenile Kittiwake doing a very good impression of a Sabine’s were the only things of note.

Not a great deal around today but the highlights were single Green Sandpiper and a single Greenshank from the new elevated hide.

European Storm Petrel 1, Manx Shearwater 40+, Gannet 5, Fulmar 3, Kittiwake 3 and Dunlin 5.

Lesser Whitethroat heard on the footpath down to the pool at nine o’clock this morning. Numerous Swallow over the pool, lots of Willow Warbler and Blackcap in the scrub. No sign of GWT or Garganey at the rivermouth.

An early morning high tide visit to Newton point this morning produced 5 Grey Plover, 4 Sanderling, and a couple of dozen of both Dunlin and Ringed Plover.

At Ogmore-by-Sea there were seven Purple Sandpipers on the rocks just inside the wooden gate.

Quiet morning on the Estuary. Best of the bunch were 37 Goldeneye, a lonely Greylag amongst the Canadas and a group of 12 Redshank together on the far bank.

A Guillemot close-in at the Point Car Park was a surprise in an otherwise quiet morning at Newton Point. No luck with any unusual waders or gulls.

Single Leach’s Petrel close in at Porthcawl at 08:11 going west. Other birds include eight Gannet down channel and a RT Diver up channel.

Juvenile Sabine’s Gull, off Porthcawl, heading west, down channel at 07:10. Steady flow of birds all going down channel from first light for first hour, including a dozen or so of Gannet and Manxies. Several groups of Common Scoter, one of which contained ten birds, all but one being male. Later a juvenile Kittiwake flying closer in just offshore.

Juvenile Ruff still present at 07:00 this morning, seen feeding on the main flood, viewable from the pub car park. A personal milestone bird for me, being my 200th confirmed species for “Eastern Glamorgan”.