7TH - 14TH SEPTEMBER

The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was again present at Goldcliff on the 8th and a wildfowl influx took place at Kenfig Pool with nine Shelduck, thirteen Common Teal, seven Northern Shoveler, five Ruddy Ducks, 56 Tufted Duck, 54 Common Pochard and a pair of Eurasian Wigeon. Two Dunlin, two Kingfishers and a Common Snipe were also present. The Black-necked Grebe was again at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. The 9th at Landimore, North Gower produced a Wood Sandpiper that was pushed up out of a ditch at high tide in the evening. Other species seen of interest included 27 Pintail, 3000 Oystercatchers, 65 Ringed Plover, 400 Dunlin, 380 Curlew, Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers, an adult Mediterranean Gull, 59 Great Black-backed Gulls & three Wheatears. A female Northern Pintail was new in at Kenfig Pool and the Semi-palmated Sandpiper remained at Goldcliff. On the 10th an Osprey was over Pant Norton, Ogmore, while a record count of 357 Sanderling were at Kenfig Sands along with 34 Ringed Plover. At the pool, a Bar-tailed Godwit, six Curlews and two Dunlin were on the east pool shore and a Common Redstart, Sedge Warbler, six Common Whitethroats, eighteen Blackcaps, two Jays and a Little Egret were present. A Great White Egret was present very briefly a Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. The 11th brought the first Icterine Warbler for the county for almost fifteen years when a bird was trapped and ringed in Mewslade on South Gower. On the 12th, the only news was of an adult Mediterranean Gull, nine Eurasian Wigeon and a Yellow Wagtail at Kenfig Pool. The 13th was also quiet with two female Pintail at Kenfig Pool, along with an increase of Shoveler to 23 and a Sedge Warbler of note. On the 14th a Grasshopper Warbler was at Blaen-y-cwm, Nash Point and a Green Sandpiper was at Ogmore Estuary. Four Common Snipe, two Wheatears and two Reed Warblers were at Kenfig Pool on a very wet morning.