Flock of 50 + Brent Geese on the beach this evening.

There’s a little tern giving excellent close views at the south end of Kenfig Pool. Well worth a visit.

Tirfounder Fields, Cwmbach. Reed Warbler (29th Apr) 1st Sighting.

9 Common Sandpiper on the outer rocks of the barrage with another two on the shore by the Norwegian church. Also 12 White Wagtail on the barrage.

A very ‘seasonal’ Redwing feeding at Coed Gwilym Park this evening.

Only highlight from a quick whizz round with the hound this morning was a Common Sandpiper which flew under the main bridge from E lake to W lake as I crossed.

Common Tern – 1

Swift – built up from 4 when I arrived to 32 this afternoon but most moved on.

51+ species on the GBC trip eastwards today, despite lengthy very cold showers of rain and sleet which eventually trapped us in the Red Barn hide for about 2 hours! Highlights at the latter were the Glossy Ibis and a Marsh Harrier. At the Goldcliff lagoons we had 60+ Avocet, c.150 Dunlin, 30+ Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Redshank, 2 Greenshank, a few Blackwits, 8 Whimbrel on the sea wall, 1 Common Sandpiper, some saw a distant Yellow Wag and there were a few White Wags. Wildfowl included plenty of Shoveler, Teal, a pair of Wigeon, Gadwall and Shelduck.

Another cold morning, but perhaps not as chilly as I feared. Sea was calm and wind was out of the North to NW at high tide. Unsurprisingly nothing at all moving on the sea. One of the highlights for me was 22 Wheatear (16 males) in Sker Farm fields. Pink Bay / Ffynon-Wen was productive for waders with 14 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin (sp), 26 Sanderling (wp), 2 Purple Sandpiper and 14 Turnstone, whilst 42 Whimbrel were wary and mobile and moved north towards Sker and Kenfig Sands. Later a White Wagtail flew north through Pink Bay and 4 Dunlin and a Swallow moved north over the old Rest Bay care home.

There was a yellow wagtail and a common sandpiper at the Watermill this morning. Portobello was quiet.

Cetti’s Warbler singing as usual.

Lock’s Common was quiet this morning at high tide in a strong cold northerly wind. A single Whitethroat was a new arrival and a few Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit and Song Thrush were present. About 12 Sanderling in varying stages of winter and summer plumage flew up channel, presumably towards Rest Bay and Sker. I retreated to The Wilderness Pool where several wild Mallard ducklings have recently hatched and a Cormorant was fishing. There were a few singing Blackap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler, whilst a calling Nuthatch was new for the year. No sign of any hirundines yet. Brrr.

13 White Wagtails on the outer rocks and outer breakwater first thing. Common Tern still hawking around off Prospect Place.

Don’t forget it’s the GBC AGM tomorrow, Tues 26th. PLease come along and support your club.

7 White Wagtails on the outer rocks, a Whimbrel fly over and 10 Swift with 40 Swallows and 10 House Martins over the Bay.

Grangemoor Park (on opposite side of the river), one singing. Another on the Ely Trail towards Leckwith.

A Swift over the Taff near the A48 road bridge this morning. Also, further downstream, a *possible* Wood Warbler singing at ST171778 (I was rushing through on my bike to catch a train and couldn’t stop to confirm).

Whinchat in main reedbed in front of St Davids Hotel by the gravel path.

A cold northerly wind today but gloriously sunny as we performed a 3 mile circuit. Plenty going on, 4 male Wheatear, 6+ Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat at the Burrows between Broughton and Llangennith Burrows where we heard singing Sedge and Cetti’s Warblers. Nothing much on the beach at falling tide, but Burry Holms held 2 Whimbrel as well as resident Rock Pipit and a mainly immature gang of 300+ Herring Gull which were spooked by a scavenging Red Kite, another for my burgeoning BH raptor list! Two pairs of Fulmar performed admirably above Spaniard’s Rocks and we ran into the Red Kite again back at Broughton Bay. Later on as we left the caravan park a few Sand Martin and Swallow trickled through.

Highlights from this morning’s visit to my BTO BBS square at Blackmill: Wood Warbler (3+); Pied Fly (1); Redstart (3+) and plenty of Willow Warblers.

Yesterday (Saturday 23rd), there was a singing Lesser Whitethroat at Radyr Floodplain and my father saw a female Pied Flycatcher in the line of trees along the disused railway line at Coryton.  (Gethin JJ).