4 Common Buzzard drifting on thermals over fields to West of Pyle on Sunday afternoon, 16th, for about 5 mins before splitting into pairs and heading SW and NW.

A kittiwake on Oxwich Pond this morning (assumedly still recovering after the stormy weather), along with at least 10 shoveler (an increase since Jan). No decent count of other waterfowl as they were hiding in the margins.
Quick trip around Whiteford: peregrine hunting the creeks on Cwm Ivy Marsh, counts of 1380 golden plover, 1430 lapwing (both The Groose), 317 dunlin, and 25 eider (both Berges Island). Another 3 kitts and a razorbill all looking miserable off Burges Island.
Frog spawn in the fields opposite the first area of plantation was my first of the year.

No sign of the LTD this morning.

Here is a reasonable shot I got of it yesterday.

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Cosmeston late morning/early afternoon:  really good views of Fieldfare, Goldcrest and Green Woodpecker once the rain relented and the sun shone. Lesser Scaup on the west lake with the Tufted, along with Pochard and Gadwall. Raven over Cogan Wood, and at least 12 Teal on one of the small pools on the western edge of the wood.

On Sully Beach in the late afternoon sunshine, the highlight was 2 Grey Plover huddled into the rocks about 50m east of the sailing club slipway. Turnstone, Curlew and Oystercatcher nearby.

28 kittiwakes sitting on the sea near the pier this afternoon.
Also an eider (male) in the bay, a fulmar off Rams Tor and a few shags around the Outer Head.
Dartfords vocal in the sunshine this afternoon

LTD back again this morning at 11 – 11.30am.

Two Little Gulls (1st w, 2nd w) at the rivermouth on the dropping tide this morning.

No luck with the LTD at the Knapp, and same with the divers at the docks, though a gent I spoke to said he had seen one in the morning. Consolation prize in the form of the lesser scaup on the west lake at Cozzie.

Late morning/early afternoon today:

Parc Taf Bargoed – 15 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen and a Cormorant

Rhaslas Pond – 7 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Tufted and 17 Wigeon

Butetown Pond – 5 Moorhen, 4 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebe and 25 Canada Geese.

A Guillemot flew in and plopped down on the pool right in front of the South Hide and a Siberian Chiffchaff was seen briefly around the South Pool Beach. Rather surprisingly there was little else of note given the weather yesterday.

i braved the 100mph winds in aberavon beach up to the docks, i did see the ross’s gull, LG, HG, LBBG, BHG and the Med Guls

i also looked in the lake where i saw 4 swans, 8 mallards, 4 coots and a female goosander

the dead bird count was a very sad 6 guillemots some still in summer plumage and some in witer plumage, a fulmar and a ringed razorbill with metal ring on right leg starting with the numbers K16 534 from Brit Museum, London SW4 i managed to get the ring as the bird was rather decomposed and i could identify the bird by its beak 😦 also to my horror down by the old peoples homes not swn y mor but the one before it was a female harbour porpoise which just died as i went to it 😦 broke my heart phoned coastgard and it had been notified and by the time they went to collect it it washed back out to the sea 😦 if i were there earlier i could or tried to have saved it i know it sounds stupid but judging by its blow hole and swollen abdomen, it looked like it had drowned and water and gases filled up the body, tongue was not swollen, it did have a lot of dents in her skin good but very sad day, i did look along the coast to see if i could find birds alive but nope mostly dead ones. 

GBC – we have arranged a nest box making session at Kenfig for Sunday morning (16th Feb) at 10 a.m. Any help would be appreciated.