Black Redstart at Borth

Following Keith's report yesterday, I decided to walk the dogs along the beach at Borth this afternoon, and found the female/immature Black Redstart again flitting around the first few beach side houses at the south end of the village, just north of the coastguard station. Quite a pale individual. Small parties of Common Scotor scattered across the sea, and just a single Red-throated Diver offshore.

The Clettwr yesterday morning

I had to get out of the house yesterday and decided upon the Clettwr.

From the railway bridge I had very distant views of what looked two male hen harriers and a male marsh harrier in the Lodge Farm area. Otherwise not much to report.

At Ynyslas it was nice to see a few pintail among the wigeon.

Jerry Moore

Happy Xmas all from Radnor

And Happy Birding next year!

Ynyslas and Glandyfi

 North Ceredigion with Mark Norris today.

A very quiet start on a bitterly cold Dyfi estuary with a Great Crested Grebe, 60 Shelduck and a few pockets of Widgeon. Later at the Glandyfi lay-by was far more productive. Highlights were 2 Jack Snipe,  3 Common Sandpiper. Mark said he had a Green Sandpiper fly passed but couldn't re locate it. 4 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Curlew, 2 Little Egret, 1 Raven and 2 Mistle Thrush.

Andy James

Brambling

 At least 5 were in among a flock of Chaffinches this morning along the top road between Llanfair Clydogau and Llanddewi Brefi.

Short-eared Owl. New Quay

Yesterday (1st Dec) a short eared owl flew in from the sea at Llanina Point. It probably came across the bay from the headland. It then flew inland along the Llethi valley.

Viv Evans

More from the Teifi valley

 Stopping off at various places between Pont Gogoyan (a little south of Llanddewi Brefi) and Pont Einon (a little north of Tregaron). A total of 18 Mute Swans and 8 Little Egrets.

At Pont Gogoyan; Peregrine, Kingfisher, GW Egret

Pant Pool; 5 Little Grebes, 3 Coots

Abercarfan (halfway between the villages); 2 Green Sandpipers

Tanybwlch

There was still plenty of floodwater on the fields at Tanybwlch this afternoon. Four Wigeon had joined the usual Mallards and Teal. Also a Redshank, but only nine Curlew. A Merlin flew over, and a Kingfisher came in off the sea.

ABERYSTWYTH

 Still just the 3 Purple Sandpipers at high tide this morning.

Hen Harriers

 I went up to Cors Fochno yesterday afternoon and watched two male hen harriers dropping into the reeds together at dusk. There was also a very distant probable marsh harrier heading towards Ynyshir .

Jerry Moore