There were 10 Curlew Sandpipers in the sizeable small wader flock  beyond the causeway tower this evening. 764 Dunlin were counted along with c.300 Ringed Plovers, 5 Sanderling, 38 Knot and 1 Golden Plover. Dim peepiau!

Juvenile Ruff at the Watermill early evening. 3 Little Egret on Ploran Mawr and 2 Common Sandpiper at Portobello.

2 Green Sandpipers on the pool close to Cors Crydych Reen early AM. Also 2 Wheatears on the rocks.

Lovely walk around Rudry Common this morning. Quite quiet on the bird front. Plenty of willow/chiffs around, Meadow Pipit, Blackcap, Jay, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, Linnet, Goldfinch, Blue Tit and Long tailed Tit. Plenty of butterflies around (10 sp) and 3sp of dragonfly. Also Stoat seen

Not a lot on the hill – a flyover tree pipit and a lot of chiffchaffs.
Eclipse drake eider in Bracelet Bay. Actively foraging.

Brunel Dock – Little egret (1), Dunlin (56), Whimbrel (2), Common Sandpiper (1) & Redshank (76)

Crymlyn Burrows – Great Crested Grebe (1), Ringed Plover (245), Knot (13), Sanderling (363 (inc 38 juv)), Dunlin (39) & Bar-tailed Godwit (7)

Yesterday evening on playing fields in Hamadryad Park 4 ad.w.Med Gulls, and a Kingfisher in CBWR.

Sunday

Crymlyn Burrows – 1 juv Black Tern still, Lesser Whitethroat (1) & Sedge Warbler (1); Neath River wader roost – Oystercatcher (578), Curlew (110), Whimbrel (6) & Bar-tailed Godwit (1); Brunel Dock – Redshank (83) & Dunlin (74); Neath Saltmarsh Lapwing (15) & Green Sandpiper (1)

MHI, RJ, et al

Saturday

Margam Moors – Lesser Whitethroat; Kenfig Saltmarsh – Greenshank (2); Brunel Dock – Redshank (84) & Dunlin (78); Crymlyn Burrows – Sanderling (412), Ringed Plover (157), Black Tern (3juv) & Whinchat (1)

MHi, RJ

A Tree Pipit, 2 fly over Snipe and a Clouded Yellow were the highlights this morning. Back to earth with a bump!

5 yellow wagtail, 2 tree pipit, approx. 30+ meadow pipit, approx.70 linnet at rhosilli.

24 sandwich tern at port eynon

Myself and Paul Parson’s went to cwm nash this morning and had the following, lesser whitethroat 1, YELLOW WAGTAIL 70-80 in various fields, sparrowhawk, chough 7, raven, chiffchaff & blackcap and 1 sand martin over

Highlight for me was a Marsh Tit by the ‘dragon tree’ in Cogan Wood – found by sharp-eyed young Matthew Binding yesterday. Also in the wood dozing in the sun by the main path, a Short-tailed Field Vole. It was tiny – not much bigger than my thumb so I suspect a young one. There was another in the leaf litter which was dead, and which the live one nuzzled a couple of times. Just a cropped phone pic so not high quality. Also by the dipping pond & reeds by the Med Village boardwalk, a Clouded Yellow. 15 Tufties on W lake too.

Apologies for non-sighting post. I am starting to put together the next GBC newsletter and would welcome articles, photos, items for sale etc.

Still 3 spotted flycatcher present in the willow scrub on left 200 yds up from the forestry gate also a couple of chiffchaff/willow warblers and 3 goldfinch

A Nightingale in Cardiff – see GRC for details.