The water levels have lowered as the is maintenance work being carried out this does not seem to both ethe birds. Teal 20 most we have seen here Pochard 1 Shoveler 7 Little egret 1 Tufted Duck 80 Coot lots Moorhen 12 Herring Lesser Black-backed and Black-headed Gulls one of the latter colour ringed. And a small flock of Long-tailed Tits feeding in a tree close by.

Black-throated Dive on Llanishen, Ring-necked Duck 1 (female type) and Common Sandpiper on Lisvane.

Common Sandpiper 1 Pochard 1 Mallard 2 Teal 2 and Wigeon 3 not seen by us at this site previously.

The Black Tern is still feeding on Lisvane, also a Common Sandpiper.

Sunday 11th August am. Spotted Flycatcher 2 Redstart Mistle Thrush a flock of 20 Willow Warbler singing Blackcap female Chiffchaff . Dragonflies: Emperor 1 Southern Hawker 3 Common Darter 6 pair ovipositing Azure Blue 10. Butterflies Red Admiral 1 Green Veined White 6 Large White 1 Gate Keeper 6 Common Blue 4

The highlight for us was seeing Small-Red-eyed Damselflies some pairs ovipositing along with Azure Blue Damselfly and Emperor Dragonfly. The where a large number of newly emerged Damselflies not identified. Great Crested Grebe 16 Common Sandpiper 1

Redstart 3 Spotted Flycatcher 1 also Common Newt Beautiful Demoiselle lots of Common Spotted Orchids and some Marsh Orchids.

11th April Common Sandpiper 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Tufted Duck 98 Great Crested Grebe 20 Mallard with 6 ducklings Willow Warbler Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing.

Friday 5th April Sand Martin circa 2o Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 1

22nd March: Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 3 Cetti’s Warbler 3 Great Crested Grebe 1

Ring-necked Duck 2 Pochard 2 Gadwall 3 Tufted Duck 53 Great Crested Grebe 3 Little Grebe 10 Common Sandpiper 1 Chiffchaff 2 mixed flock of Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls 70 Black-headed Gull 8

Common Sandpiper 1 Ringed- neck Duck male and female Tufted Duck 69 Great Crested Grebe 2 pair displaying Grey Heron 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming Mistle Thrush 2 Song Thrush 1 singing Grey Wagtail 2

The is a huge area of flooding at the watermill and nearby fields we saw

Grey Heron 4 Little Egret 2 Mallard 26 Teal 59 Wigeon 46 Shelduck 3 Canada Goose 50 Mute Swan 3 Moorhen 2 Curlew 33 Herring Gull 28 Black-headed Gull 2Gret Spotted WP 1Carrion Crow 12 Song thrush 1 Pied Wagtail 4 at Portobello Goldeneye 5 unusually no gulls.

Great Northern Diver 2 Common Sandpiper 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 female Little Egret 1 Little Grebe 12 . Santa Claus on a speed boat was a lifer!

Caerphilly Castle Moat

This morning 1st December 2023 Goosander 4 Teal 1 Grey Heron 1

Goosander 4 Teal 1 drake

There was a very large flock of Herring Gulls on 10th October in the portobello area between 650 and 800. on the 9th at Roath Park a first year Yellow-legged Gull.

This year the vegetation around the moat has not been hacked back. And Yesterday 24th Sep we saw a Stonechat which is the first time we have recorded this species there. Alan Rosney who carries out the WeBS says he has never seen one there. Also present two Kingfishers the Shelduck and two ringed LBB Gulls details of which have been submitted.

Small red-eyed Damselfly also Common Blue Damselfly + Emperor 4 Broad-bodied Chaser 6, Mute Swan 88 Great Crested Grebe 1

Wednesday am. Redstart 1 juv Tree Pipit 2 Jay 3 Curlew heard

Dragonflies: Emperor 2BroadBodied Chaser 6 Four Spot Chaser 4 Golden Ringed Dragonfly 3 Large Red Damselfly 1 Azure Blue Damselfly 10 Beautiful Demoiselle 1