6TH - 12TH AUGUST 2007

The 6th was a red letter day as Glamorgan’s first ever European Roller was found in the early afternoon at Bryn Farm, Llanmorlais, North Gower. The bird had apparently been present since last Thursday according to the local farmer. Five Lesser Whitethroats and a Garden Warbler remained at Kenfig Pool, where there were also a Coal Tit, six Sedge Warblers and five Reed Warblers and two Red Foxes. Two Hawfinches were the second very good find of the day at Lavernock Point, where there were also two Common Chiffchaff. A flock of eighty Stock Doves at St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan was an excellent count for Wales. The European Roller was again present at Bryn Farm on 7th, a Eurasian Hobby was in Cardiff and a Northern Wheatear was at Kenfig Pool on an otherwise quiet day for migrants. A glorious morning on the 8th produced the first Common Greenshank of the autumn at Kenfig Pool and Spotted Flycatchers were there and at Pant Norton, but there was no sign of the European Roller after clear skies overnight. A Eurasian Hobby was at Mynydd Eglwysilian and another was at Parc Slip, near Bridgend. More splendid weather on the 9th saw a small increase in migrant numbers at Kenfig Pool with three Common Redshanks, nine Sedge Warblers, six Reed Warblers, three Common Swifts and a Garden Warbler present. An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Dunraven. A quiet day at Kenfig on 10th with just a Common Snipe and Common Kingfisher of note and a moulting drake Greater Scaup and two Green Sandpipers were at Ogmore Estuary. A Pied Flycatcher and a Spotted Flycatcher were at Llanilid and three Lesser Whitethroats and a Tree Pipit were at Pant Norton. The 11th was again relatively quiet at Kenfig Pool, where five Lesser Whitethroats, a Tree Pipit and a Common Redshank were the highlights. Three Common Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper, three Spotted Flycatcher and three Tree Pipits were at Llanilid. A Eurasian Hobby was at Broad Pool, Gower. On the 12th, the wader roost at Sker/Kenfig Sands included 118 European Oystercatchers, six Ruddy Turnstone, six Whimbrel, 34 Ringed Plover, four Dunlin, seven Sanderling, a Common Redshank and a Common Sandpiper, while Kenfig Pool had a Common Snipe on the east pool shore. The drake Greater Scaup was again at Ogmore Estuary and two Spotted Flycatchers were near Caerphilly .