On Sully beach this afternoon (about 2 hours after high tide) 19 Curlew (switching to/from the playing fields when disturbed by walkers), 21 Oystercatcher, 3 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 3 Grey Plover and a Grey Wagtail.
This morning at Cosmeston, after the deluge, a Marsh Tit was with Blue and Great Tits and a Nuthatch roughly halfway through Cogan Wood. There were Pochard, Gadwall and 2 drake Teal on the West Lake, and a Green Woodpecker was feeding in the West Paddock.
5 Redpoll in alder, first I’ve seen here
1 adult little gull flew off toward Burry Holmes. A dead seal on the strand line, if left there, may hopefully draw in some wandering Glauc. etc if any make it down here.
A female blackcap in the garden this morning. The first of the winter.
Very quiet on the canal with 4 Moorhen a pair of Mallard and a single Kingfisher. On the walk up towards Glais a small mixed flock of tits,Blue, Great and Long Tailed. In the field next to the Mond works a mixed flock of Starling(22) and Redwing(55) along with circa 60 Pied Wagtail in a pre roost gathering. A couple of Mistle and Song Thrush in song-spring can’t be far off !
Pintail, Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Turnstone, Redshank, Curlew and Shoveler at Heliport Bay just before high tide on Saturday morning. Later in the Ogmore area, 30 Teal at the Watermill, Gadwall and Teal at Ploran Mawr, a drake Goosander, Curlew, Redshank and more Teal at Portobello, and downstream from Portobello at least 16 Goldeneye.
Near the entrance to Swansea docks 100+ linnets, on the flooded area by the bay campus 50+ herring gulls 4 black h gulls 2 great black b gulls and 2 pied wagtails
Tir John pond 2 little grebes 2 mute swan 4 mallard and 2 moorhen
Crumlyn bog 300 est gulls over the tip mostly herring and lesser b b gulls 80 jackdaws 10 carrion crows 1 Raven
Welcome to 2016!!! Many thanks to Alan Rosney, Graham Powell, Mike & Emma Cram, Steve Young, Laura Palmer, Neil Donaghy and Martyn Hnatiuk, who have already sent in their records for 2015 to me. If you are going to send in yours then it’s time to get your head down …. please 🙂 If you use BirdTrack there’s no need as I can download them from there, but make sure you’re up to date on there too. TIA John Wilson
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At Cosmeston early morning a Marsh Tit, Nuthatch and Coal Tits in Cogan Wood, Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon and Gadwall on the West Lake and Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle and Song Thrush at the south end of the West Paddock. Late morning at Barry Waterfront the Mediterranean Gulls were still present along with a Common Sandpiper. On Sully Moors early afternoon there was a hunting Peregrine, a Little Egret, Water Rail, 11 Goldfinch on teasel and a Grey Wagtail on the Cadoxton River.
Not too many birds around this afternoon, due to both the wind and people, and nothing so exciting as my last post on here two years ago (!) but there were two Curlew below the old lifeboat house, plus quite a few Rock Pipits feeding in the stranded seaweed. Also 2 Oystercatcher and single Common and Great Black-backed Gulls. The seemingly regular Little Egret was there this morning.
Goosander almost always present between Llandaff North and Cardiff Bridge, but as they kept flying, the total could be anything from 3 (max. seen together) to 10. I’m guessing about 6-8.
c40 Redwing around Pontcanna Riding Stables.
A Little Gull was seen at Gileston yesterday. Might still be around.
At lunchtime today, a short-eared owl mobbed by a carrion crow at Lamby Way landfill site. About 60 lapwings flew along the foreshore towards Cardiff. A hunting kestrel at Parc Tredelerch.
2 snow buntings were on the strand line at Whiteford sands this morning giving close views. Always great to see these on a walk around here. They gave a real taste of winter even though it didn’t feel like it weather wise.
These were obviously from more northerly climes, whilst my moth trap this morning produced 2 bordered straw prob. from North Africa. Weird!
40 Canada geese over my garden at 4 o clock flying south
Jack and Common Snipe this morning, flushed by our pooch from the large puddles outside the ‘snipe paddock’ [far end]. W lake had 3 Little Grebe, pr Gadwall, pr Pochard, and Common Gull on the posts. E lake 4 GC Grebes. The resident flock of Tufted distributed evenly between the two lakes. Loads of people and extremely muddy off the paths.
2 short eared owls hunting clear fell area Mynydd Margam
Goldeneye 14, Goosander 3, 8 Redshank. 3 Shellduck and a Common Sandpiper on Ploran Mawr this afternoon.
Goosander and Dipper on the River Taff between Tongwynlais and Radyr Weir
Glamorgan Bird Club 
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