Redpoll showing well on feeders around Education Centre. Highest count last week 5. This morning 2 on bird table on eastern side on Centre. Birds such as long tailed tits, siskin, great spotted woodpecker and Reed Bunting still showing well. Ranger still feeding each day. Check out car park boulders as well

Also 5pm last night, Peregrine flying low over car park on summit heading west

Red Kite flying low over north western end of Parc on Thurs 10th mid afternoon. Great place to look for raptors on skyline form valley floor. Not sure weather Goshawks will be around this year after mass felling of larch plantation where they used to nest!

One Goldcrest in the small group of trees at the opposite end of the lake from the carpark.

Reed Bunting singing in the reeds at the same end and several Great Crested Grebe displaying. Plus the usual Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck etc.

Lsr Scaup was on E lake, 1 drake Shoveler on W lake plus a few Gadwall, 2 Grey Herons [1 ad and 1 imm], Little Grebe, 2 pairs of GCG displaying, LTT, Goldcrest, 4-5 male Reed Bunting singing, and 2 Cetti’s heard, 1 by main boardwalk and the other in W lake reeds. 3 Comon Gulls were sitting in line on the W lake posts – see photo.

2 Snipe; 3 Water Rail including one in a tree; Cetti’s; 2 Bullfinch (m+f).
In Penarth Marina/Plas Taliesin, still 2 Black Redstarts (1m+1f/imm with faint grey-white wing bars).

There was a female black redstart on the roof of the old store shed west of Nash Point and a couple of small tortoiseshell butterflies were enjoying the spring sunshine this morning.

Bittern and Little Egret flew into W lake this morning per Jeff Curtis. Bittern dropped out of sight into reed bed.

A fresh looking Chiffchaff was working its way down by the central path, 2 pairs of GC Grebes displaying, 3 Gadwall, c.20 Pochard, pair of Mistle Thrush in W paddock and a Green ‘Pecker calling by the golf course.

A few pix of today’s birds: – clockwise from top L – Dunnock, GC Grebs, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush

Three Goldcrest, 2 by central path and 1 in Cogan Wood, 5 Snipe flushed from the snipe paddock, although all were silent and flew low & short, but I can’t believe they were all Jacks. All only seen briefly from behind so no view of bill. Ad Green ‘Pecker flew from adjacent the snipe paddock. Record shot of Goldcrest below. Just added this – forgot to say one of the Marsh Tits was in the usual place in Cogan Wood.

Redwing 7 one caught by a Sparrowhawk but it broke free. Teal two pairs, never seen Teal here previously, Green Woodpecker 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 4 Songthrush 2 Lots of Gulls Herring Lesser Black Backs and Black-headed one ringed which I will submit to BTO.

Earlier this morning an adult Mediterranean Gull on Sully playing fields. On the beach 7 Grey Plover and 20 Turnstone, with a single Curlew at Bendrick Rock. Yesterday evening’s high tide roost on Sully Island included 56 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 8 Ringed Plover, 10 Turnstone and 9 Dunlin.

What a pleasant 20 minutes on Beach Road on the incoming tide this afternoon.

Purple sandpiper 16, grey plover 8, ringed plover 18 (probably more hidden amongst the pebbles) dunlin 8 and at least 19 turnstones.

Decided on a mother’s day walk at Porthcawl by way of a change. Lots of people but Sky Lark and a pair of Stonechat on the common, and an almost full AdS Med Gull was in the field at the back of Rest Bay carpark.

Late afternoon after the dog walkers had gone.

Goosander 2, goldeneye 19, redshank 8, curlew 22(flying over going to roost) little grebe 2, oystercatcher 5 and a single common sandpiper.

17 Goldeneye on the river seen from Portobello, 6 male & 11 female.  100+ Herring Gull, with only a few Black-headed Gulls seen. The only wader seen was a single Redshank.

2 Grey Heron and 1 Little Egret at the Watermill.

A very spring-like feel in the woods this morning. Birdsong was in full swing including several great spotted woodpecker drumming. Of note: three grey wagtail along the river; one dipper and two separate sightings of single redwing ground feeding near the bike path by the Railway Inn.

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The 2 Marsh Tits were active in Cogan Wood and a male GS ‘Pecker showed [probably the one that was drumming yesterday]. The Lesser Scaup was on E lake but quite mobile and a brief Cetti’s song heard near the main boardwalk.

Four yellowhammers! Hooray!   Whilst putting out some seed

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming in Cogan Wood this morning. A Sprawk flew over W paddock and the Lesser Scaup was on E lake. Other than that, pretty quiet. Lol Middleton had counted 50 odd Pochard which included, I think, 13 females.

Mediterranean Gull on grassed area south of Sully school early this morning, and Rooks busy nest-building near the church. Grey Plover, Dunlin and Ringed Plover on the beach shortly after high tide. On Sully Moors, Stock Dove, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk and 31 Pied Wagtail.