15TH - 21ST OCTOBER 2007

A much quieter day on the 15th produced just a female Greater Scaup and two Northern Pintail at Kenfig Pool and 26 Mediterranean Gulls were at Bracelet Bay. Two Common Goldeneye and a Water Rail were at Kenfig Pool on 16th and two Green Sandpipers were at Llanilid. On the 17th, a Brambling was at Dunraven, eleven Northern Wheatear were at Rhymney Great Wharf and six Red-billed Chough were at Locks Common, Porthcawl. The 18th produced two Dartford Warblers at Caswell Bay, Gower, thirty Eurasian Siskin at Summerhouse Point and a ringtail Hen Harrier and four Red Kites at Lliw Reservoir, Swansea. Four Grey Plover were in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and a Common Tern was in Cardiff Bay. A Brambling, Merlin and Fieldfare, as well as a Clouded Yellow butterfly were at Kenfig Pool. On the 19th, a Eurasian Woodcock was at Mountain Ash and a Dartford Warbler was at Kenfig Pool. A male Merlin and eighty European Golden Plover were at Mynydd Eglwysilian. A juvenile Spotted Sandpiper was a cracking find at Lisvane Reservoir on 20th – the first in Glamorgan for 33 years! Elsewhere, the Dartford Warbler remained at Kenfig Pool, along with nineteen Fieldfare, eleven Redwing, three Common Chiffchaff, five Lesser Redpoll, seven Eurasian Wigeon and five Gadwall. Two Ring Ouzel were in Maesteg Cemetery. The 21st produced a Yellow-browed Warbler and three Firecrest at Mewslade, along with four Red-billed Chough and a Brambling. The Dartford Warbler was again at Kenfig Pool, where 112 Redwing, 36 Fieldfare, nine Lesser Redpoll, an adult Mediterranean Gull and a Common Goldeneye were also present. The Spotted Sandpiper was again at Lisvane Reservoir and a Merlin, 44 Red Knot, three Bar-tailed Godwit and Razorbill were at Sker Point. The Great Grey Shrike and a Common Crossbill were at Perthcelyn.