Wheatear male in Hamadryad Park 8am and again in CBWR at 130pm,probably the same bird.

1 Tree Pipit singing.

Hamadryad/CBWR. 2 Cettis W ,1 by R Raff and 1 by Bay bridge in Hamadryad. At least 4 Cettis singing in CBWR, 1 seen v well. 6+ Reed Warblers now singing, and 8+ Reed Hunting.

Grasshopper Warbler reeling briefly at 1.15pm near Redstart.

2 Wheatear in the 2nd field on the left going towards Penarth – presumably the same birds as Lol had y’day. Also my first Comma of the year there. No sign of the male Redstart at Cossie, nor much else come to that.

Redstart male catching flies in the small reedbed in front of St.Davids Hotel.

32 species this morning including reed warbler,cettis,blackcap,chiffchaff & willow warbler

Cetti’s Warbler singing again (present yesterday)in scrub beneath motorway flyover. Skylark singing.

After a blank drawn early at Watermill (only 3 Teal) and a few Swallows trickling through Bridgend town, I moved over to Merthyr Mawr. A female Goosander and 14 Mallard were at the confluence of the Ewenny and Ogmore, joined by two Common Sandpiper. Nearby a Willow Warbler was singing and Green Woodpecker and Stock Dove were feeding in the fields. Four Sand Martin, 2 Swallow and a House Martin flew up estuary lingered briefly and moved north inland. I also noticed a few Brimstone butterflies in Bridgend today. Warming up, so hopefully more migrants soon.

First Willow Warbler of the year and didn’t even need to get out of bed for this one as it was singing from the Silver Birch tree outside the bedroom window this morning.

Red kite quartering low near The Glebe.

Corking male Redstart at Cossie this morning [ta to Lol Middleton for the call], in small clump of trees & bramble on RHS by the small dried out pool beyond the dragonfly pond. Egyptian Goose still present and a few Willow Warbler singing. At Lavernock Reserve, 3-4 Blackcap singing, Chiffie, fem Green ‘Pecker, Swallow, 3 Bullfinch, Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush singing.

Mallard with 6 chicks by Taff Embankment.

1 male redstart in woods yesterday (sunday)

20+swallows 10+sand Martin over the lake 11 mute swan 15 Canada geese few pochard still,usual gulls.

nearby amenites tip 200+gulls mostly herring also lesser b backs,also a raven, on the river tawe 10 swallows 15 sand Martin a female goosander grey and pied wagtails

Highlights of the GBC field trip today – thx to the 15 folk who braved the cold wind. 1 Common Sand at the pool plus plenty of Sand Martins and a few Swallow, Gadwall, 4 GCG, good nos. of singing Willow Warbler, male Blackcap. 5 Buzards were active over the rivermouth area. At Sker, 13 Golden Plover and 1 Grey Plover, 10 or so Ringed Plover, Turnstone and Oyc, and a male Wheatear between Sker Farm and the coast. 49 species in all.

Glaucous gull in the breeze near Porthcawl Lifeboat Station.

4 new PWC birds in as many minutes on the south side of the bridge mid-morning. 3 Little Ringed Plovers were main highlight,  backed up with 4 Gannets and singles of Common Sandpiper and Whimbrel. A small number of Sand Martins on the move, all heading south-east!

0800-0930 Willow warbler (3 at least), blackcap singing (6), chiffchaff  (10+), cetti’s (3 calling), single swallow, pair of sand Martin, male sparrowhawk and lots and lots of greenfinch which is encouraging.

2 Reed Warblers singing.