Through the mist at Rhaslas this morning we could just about make out 2 goosanders, 15 wigeon, 1 teal, 1 mallard, 3 tufties, 2 pochard, 1 gc grebe, 4 snipe, kestrel, buzzard, raven, redwing over and 100+ starlings.
Category: Sightings
Cosmeston CP
Marsh Tit in Cogan Wood coming to bird-seed on the Dragon tree 9.00-9.35am.
House Martin flying around Penarth Head area – doesn’t look to be in any particular hurry to fly further south.
Turtle Dove – Cosmeston
Turtle Dove found sheltering from the rain in a cherry tree immediately south of dragonfly pond in the west paddock. Flew off low and eastwards when redwing flock (c. 100) were spooked. Didn’t look like it went far. Also green woodpecker nearby.
Rudry woodpigs
Between 8.50 and 9.05 am this morning 4,000 wood pigeons heading West over Rudry Common, a further 1,000 between 9.30 and 10.00am.
Working in the woods in Rudry this afternoon a number of fresh wood pigeon kills ,probably Sparrow hawk.
Yesterday , after catching up with the ooc Penduline tit , CBWR- Male sparrowhawk and water rail at Hamadryad .
Oxwich Marsh
A male brambling with goldfinches this morning (found and photographed by Paul Tyrell).
Also a chiffchaff, a few goldcrests, two sparrowhawk, a kestrel and an early morning movement of c. 425 woodpigeon west.
Cardiff Bay
Clouded Yellow Butterfly and 5 Turnstone were the highlights
Ogmore Estuary
A Water Pipit was by Portobello Island this morning, favouring the Vale shoreline.
Wood Pigeons and Redwings
Wood pigeon passage evident over River Taff this morning as I walked to the Cardiff Riding School for a winter thrush survey. Compared to Steve Young’s count (see below) it was a modest passage of 5300 woodpigeons in 15 minutes. About 50 non migrating woodpigeons were on the winter thrushes survey along with 16 blackbirds, 1 mistle thrush and 8 redwing.
Wood Pigeon movement
Large movement SSW over Canton/Leckwith. 90,000 (ninety thousand!) birds in three hours. Movement also seen over Penylan.
Cosmeston
Another one of the Turtle Dove which was there still early this morning
Lavernock
Woodlark found by GNS
Lisvane & Llanishen
WeBS count this morning included on Lisvane: 1 green sandpiper, 2 mute swans (flew to Llanishen), 5 pochard, 11 tufties, 8 mallard, 5 cormorants, 1 heron, etc.
On Llanishen: 32 teal, 6 mallard, 2 coots, 2 little grebes, 13 Canadas, 42 common snipe, 8 linnets, c35 meadow pipits and 4 skylarks. The big counts of snipe and teal reveals how much remains hidden when counting from the perimeter fence!
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Penduline Tit. Newport NNR. 9.11.13
Well, I’m sure the other 100 photographers there in the week will have better HDR pictures, but, well, here’s proof I’m committed to the cause! Penduline Tit. Newport Wetlands NNR. 09:11:13 c.10am. Overcast. Picture By James Burton. Others: 18 Cettis. List uploaded to Bird Track.
Lisvane & Llanishen
Lisvane: a female goosander (unusual here) flew in at 14:20 and stayed for 15 minutes before departing south. 5 pochard, just 9 tufties, 10 mallard, 15 little grebes, 4 GC grebes, 1 kingfisher.
Llanishen: 1 common snipe, 2 little grebes, 17 mallard, 2 tufties, 1 coot, 1 teal, c20 linnets and c20 meadow pipits. Many hundreds of woodpigeons on the move.
Cosmeston
This afternoon in West Paddock
Neath Salt Marsh & Crymlyn Burrows
Free-flying collection Geese are providing some diversity to the Canada Goose flock on the Neath Salt Marsh, currently. 107 Canada Geese also have 1 Abyssinian Blue-winged Goose (presumably the same bird that was here 13/2/12) and 1 Bar-headed Goose (down from 2 that were present a month or so ago) mixed in with them. It’s hard to get excited about them, but it does perhaps allow sub-groups within the big flock of Canada Geese to be tracked?
More traditional free-flying birds were made up by – Shelduck (3), Teal (11), Lapwing (6), Curlew (7), Redshank (1) and Starling (c250)
At Crymlyn Burrows around HT – Common Scoter (11), Great Crested Grebe (137 ((67 off CB) + (70 off AB))), Ringed Plover (179), Sanderling (207), Dunlin (221) and Curlew (31).
Cosmeston
An unexpected find behind the dragonfly pond a turtle dove. Managed to snap about 30 photos but this is the best one:
Also of interest the bearded tit still present in the reed beds by the board walk, the marsh tit was in Cogan wood again and a brief view of a kingfisher on the west lake.
Glamorgan Bird Club 
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