a fem Pochard was my first back this autumn. A large fem Sprawk was harassed by B-h Gulls over E lake.

1m 2f goosander in flight over River Taff

i went for a wonder today in the BP by aberavon and during my time there was was a massive flock of golfinch around 74  -78 birds eating the nijar seed bushes as i went towards the back of the BP i noticed some strange noises when i looked i saw about 7 – 8 bigish birds land on a pylon and when i looked i knew they were a Thrush not finch lol, of some kind but i couldnt tell whether it was a fieldfare or mistle thrush, thy made a discintive noise which i hope can be picked up on my video

location:  (couldnt get the SS code)

i have got one single but blurry image of this bird

Not many thrushes at the riding school for my winter thrush survey today:

The walk home along the river turned up:

Lesser Scaup on the reserve again this pm. Water Rail squealing just off the boardwalk. Ad.Med Gull on pontoon in Hamadryad Park. The barrage path by the side of the outer harbour is closed for 8 weeks from 30 Sept.

Several skylark calling high over heading north east, 2 groups of 3 and others heard but not seen

3 Wheatear; Pheasant; Buzzard over. 2 Clouded yellow, Painted lady, 3 Small tortoiseshell, Common blue.Very little vizmig.

Trickle of Meadow Pipits south; 10 Skylark; single Swallow; single Chiffchaff; 5 Canada Geese; 25 Mute Swan; group of 26 Magpies.

Not counted myself yet, but how many species can you see/hear in this phone-scope video made at Penclacwydd this evening? No prizes, just for fun! You can have Lesser Yellowlegs for starters.

VIDEO

 

Lesser Scaup by ice rink/Watermark building this pm. White Wagtail near Lock Cottage by Penarth Marina entrance. Stonechat in CBWR near road.

Hi all, I don’t want to teach grandma to suck eggs but just  tip re posting pix. I have commented on a post below but thought this might useful as a separate post. When posting the best option is to use the New Post item top right of the screen whether on the homepage or in the Dashboard. Then always select the Text option on the far left on the next screen. This option allows to to write a post and also to insert an Photo into it [there’s a button top right of the post form]. If you choose the Photo option when you click New Post all you can do is post a photo with no accompanying text. Hope that helps and apologies to those who are wise to this already.

late afternoon on the saltmarsh had, 3 juv littlestint,1 juv curlew sand, 10 wheatear,approx.165 golden plover.dunlin and ringed plover no.s low as they were spread out around the sands.only a few meadow pipit today.

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This evening after the rain.

Goosander (1f past west and then on the sea briefly!), Ringed Plover (251), Knot (23), Sanderling (396), Dunlin (88), Bar-tailed Godwit (25), Curlew (47), Whitethroat (1), Whinchat (1) & Stonechat (7)

Recorded on a walk around the Cardiff Riding School paddocks on the way home from work:

Spotted Fly was new to the site for me and the Jackdaw roost was great to see as always.

Sadly it appears the swallows have left the stables for the year.