Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Visiting birder's observations

Many thanks for your help again, unfortunately our week in Wales was raining every day, with a few seconds of sunshine here and there!
Anyway, I went to Ynys-Hir & Foel Fawr and other places...and here is the results:

Ynys-Hir (Heavy rain showers): 21.7.10
Little Egret 1
Wood Warbler 1 (very briefly in the canopy)
unfortunately we 'dipped' on Pied Fly. it wasn't easy in the weather!
Foel Fawr: 21.7.10
Whinchat 3
Redstart 1 Male at the top of the sheep field between the Gorse bushes and ferns.
Raven 2
Cors Caron: 21.7.10
Siskin (on the bird feeders)
Spotted Flycatcher
Sedge & Willow Warblers +
Water Rail 1 heard
Little Grebe 1 heard
Redstart 1 Female in bushes by the pools
Red Kite 1 over
Hobby 1 over Western edge of reserve stayed for a while
Elan Valley: 21.7.10
Whinchat 1 juv.
Tilhill Plantation: 21.7.10
Crossbill
Dinas RSPB: 19.7.10
Grey Wagtail 3 pairs
Sand Martin
Dipper 1
Redstart 2 juv. 1 adult Male
Siskin 3-4 feeding young
Tree Pipit 2
Llyn Brianne: 19.7.10
Wheatear 1 Female with 2 juv. still being ground-fed.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Cothi Valley: 19.7.10
Raven 2
Red Kite 2
Peregrine 1
Common Buzzard 2
Broad Haven, Pembs. 20.7.10
Kittiwake 3
Razorbill 6
Wooltack Point/Martin's Haven, Pembs. 20.7.10
Rock Pipit 3
Chough 3
Fulmar 4
Wheatear 2
Shag 1
Llanlwni Moor/Brechfa Forest: 22.7.10
Stonechat 1M
Red Kite 1
Mistle Thrush 2
Skylark
Coal Tit
Spotted Flycatcher several seen along the Abergorlech walk but no Pieds.
Unidentified Raptor (flew off from the top of the Conifers but did not appear to be a Buzzard.)
Teifi Marshes, Cardigan (WWC Reserve) 23.7.10
Curlew 1
Reed Warbler
(Earlier in the day Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper and Kingfisher)
Mwnt 23.7.10
Chough 2 seen around the Mount itself was a nice surprise
Razorbill 3
Fulmar 1
Kittiwake 1
(Dolphin 3)
Gannet +

Peter North