A grasshopper warbler was singing near post 3 on the yellow trail south of the reserve centre at 5.30pm. Tony Messinger counted 30 red-veined darters on the east shore of Kenfig Pool.

Strange behaviour this afternoon. A Grey Wagtail has been on my bird table picking at the sunflower seeds

My greenfinches have caught/contracted trichomonosis. All feeding suspended and disinfectant used on feeders and paving slabs. I hope the bullfinches escape.

Counts on the marsh between Gowerton and Crofty on this morning’s tide included: 14 Little Egret, 35 juv Shelduck, 37 Mallard, 3 Med Gull, 112 Common Gull, 1171 Black-headed Gull, 690 Oystercatcher, 257 Curlew, 11 Whimbrel, 1 Snipe, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 134 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper & 13 Common Sandpiper.

Took the grandkids today for pond dipping etc. Low tide so not much from B Steel hide and some CCW guys were working out on the salt marsh. An ad Common Gull was a little surprising on the pool to the rear of the hide. o/w only 4 Blackwits and a Redshank there.

The GC Grebe chicks [2] are about half grown so prob safe from predation now. O/W pretty quiet. Quite a lot of Gatekeeper on the wing.

1 Little Egret on Llanishen and Tufted Duck numbers building up on Lisvane – 144 for there this morning during my WeBS count.

I had a tip off that the yellowlegs was absent from WWT yesterday so I paid a couple of visits to Penclawdd Pill (lunch time and evening) as Tringas often interchange between these two sites, which lie on opposite sides of the estuary. There were 44 Redshank at lunch time (including 4 juvs – prob not from the Burry) and over 100 in the evening, though I only saw ~50% of these well enough. Just thought worth mentioning that if you’re passing there it could be worthwhile stopping to check the flock out (go to the west end of Penclawdd car park, the birds normally gather on the bend of the pill there), it’s been a long time since a yellowlegs visited Glamorgan…

PS. It’s back at WWT today (info. Rob Hunt).

A few digiscoped record shots from the day of its discovery on the 7th:

Thought a walk across the Barrage this a.m. might give a little bit of refreshing breeze. 170 Black-headed Gulls at the Penarth end. 1 juv GC Grebe halfway along. House Martins visiting nests in the environment building and Sand Martins at nest holes in the dock by the Dr Who Experience.

Barn Owl this evening and Goshawk over this afternoon.

LW singing in Grangemoor Park on NW boundary with gas works by chimney exhaust at 1.15pm.

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Three Crossbills flew south-west at Llanilid this morning, and four Common Sandpipers were on the main (studio) pool.

Later a Little Egret was at Ogmore Estuary and a female Peregrine was seen carrying prey over my (Bridgend) garden.

Getting lots of Bullfinches on my garden feeder in Nantgarw – with juvs.

Great Crested Grebe carrying 2 young on its back at Cosmeston this morning. Successful breeding at Cardiff Bay Wetland Reserve also, with another 2 Great Crested Grebe juveniles there.