No sign of the barnacle goose on Lisvane Res today, but 41 Canadas present (exactly the same number as were with the barnacle yesterday, per D.G.). 45 tufties, 18 pochards, 2 mallards, 13 coots, 10 little grebes, 1 kingfisher -fishing silently along the south shore, 1 heron plus the usual gulls.
Llanishen: a good count of 74 mallard, 18 teal, 2 coots, 1 tufted duck, 26 common snipes, buzzard, gold crest, mistle thrush etc.
I’ve been making a list and checking it twice –but there aren’t too many interesting birds on it…
Lisvane: 30 pochard, 49 tufties, 12 little grebes, 12 coots, no mallards, geese, swans or GC grebes.
Llanishen: water levels very high so lots of places for birds to hide among the willows: 6 teal, 1 coot and 34 mallards were visible.
Roath: 4 little grebes, the long-staying LBB gull blue AKZ, and a colour-ringed BH gull that stayed just out of readable range.
Happy Christmas and good birding to all 
Lisvane: 1F goldeneye, 36 pochard, 59 tufties, 3 mallard, 13 coots, 14 little grebes and 1 common gull among the other gulls. No geese, swans or GC grebes today.
Llanishen: 1 water rail (photo), 1M & 1F shoveller, 42 teal (my highest ever count here!), 32 common snipe, 2 moorhens, 36 mallards, 1 heron and 5 meadow pipits.
Roath Park Lake: 2M teal, quite a lot of disturbance due to scrub clearance on the islands today.
City Hall: 1peregrine
Llanishen: 2F shovellers, 27 teal, 2 moorhens, 15 mallard, 1 tufted, 1 common gull. Only 1 snipe visible and no sign of the recent water rails -but the water level is very low again now. 18 magpies among the big corvid roost.
Lisvane: 35 pochard, 87 tufties, 38 Canadas, 19 mallards, 12 little grebes, 12 coots, 3 common gulls and as dusk approached a mid-tone yellow-legged type gull, seemingly a 3rd winter.
Highlight was a great view of 2 water rails at Llanishen south pool –my first record of this species at the site! The water level has dropped again, exposing some mud. Also present on Llanishen were 33 teal, 1F shoveller, 13 mallards, 3 moorhens, 12+common snipe, 1 common gull and 4 pied wags.
Lisvane: 56 tufties, 18 pochard, 17 mallard, 15 little grebes but no GC grebes today, 39 Canadas, 12 coots and the usual gulls.
Roath Park Lake: 4 teal. Llanishen station: 1 “silver” leucistic jackdaw.
Glamorgan Bird Club 