The Great Spotted Cuckoo found this evening by Martin Bevan was still present until dusk apparently.  Grid ref SN 961 095. Only parking for 5 cars near the reserve track so best to park in Penderyn then walk 1 mile NE towards Cwm Cadlan. Instructions as given on the South Wales Birding Facebook page are as follows:
At the LNR, take the path down into the valley, cross the bridge, take the path to the left and follow for about 500m to open area. Grid Ref SN 961 095.

Managed to catch up with the very smart-looking redstart found by Darren Coombs near Kenfig Castle this morning.
This afternoon I popped into Parc Slip and found another male redstart among the bushes near the end of the wooden fence along the canal path.

A Common Sandpiper along John Bachelor Way this evening, also 5 Turnstone.

I have just rec’d a report of a Gt Spotted Cuckoo about halfway along the road between the Cwm Cadlan ‘dotterel’ area, and Penderyn, as of 10-15 minutes ago. Awaiting further news.

UPDATE – the bird was still present at 19:27 apparently [via pager service]. Park in Penderyn and walk 1 mile NE back along the road towards Cwm Cadlan. V limited parking near the site.

8 blackcaps 2 female, 10 chiff chaff, 6 willow warbler around the run off pool also coot with 4 young.

on the main pool a common sandpiper and a little egret

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