19TH - 25TH NOVEMBER 2007

A cold day on the 19th saw two Firecrest, a Brambling and a Dartford Warbler at Pant Norton and a Little Egret and seven Common Chiffchaff were at Kenfig Pool including the very pale Siberian race bird. A Common Sandpiper and Common Greenshank were at Penclawdd and a Greater Scaup was at Cosmeston Lakes. The Spotted Sandpiper remained at Lisvane Reservoir, six Velvet Scoter were in Swansea Bay and an astonishing count by local standards of 878 Common Guillemots went past Mumbles Head. A Eurasian Woodcock was at Kenfig Pool on 20th when ten Brambling, forty Common Crossbill and an Egyptian Goose were at Rheola, Neath and a Great Northern and three Red-throated Divers were off Worms Head, along with a Pomarine Skua, nine Purple Sandpipers, 65 Black-legged Kittiwake and 141 Common Scoter. A Firecrest was again at Bute Park. The 21st saw a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Green Sandpipers and a Dartford Warbler at Ogmore Estuary. The Snow Bunting was again at Nash Point, the Spotted Sandpiper was at Lisvane Reservoir and a Firecrest was at Kenfig Pool. On the 22nd, the Siberian Chiffchaff was at Kenfig Pool and a drake Red Crested Pochard, two Mediterranean Gulls and two Dartford Warblers were at the Ogmore Estuary. The Spotted Sandpiper was again at Lisvane Reservoir. A Great Bittern showed very well from the south pool hide at Kenfig Pool on the 23rd, two Little Egrets and two Mediterranean Gulls were at Ogmore Estuary and two Red-billed Chough were at Porthcawl. Six Red-billed Chough were at Dunraven on 24th, a Great Bittern was again at Kenfig Pool and a drake Long-tailed Duck was at Penclawdd. The Spotted Sandpiper was at Lisvane Reservoir, along with five Goosander and a Peregrine. The 25th saw the Spotted Sandpiper again at Lisvane Reservoir and a drake Red Crested Pochard at Kenfig Pool. A Brambling was in a Swansea garden, three Dartford Warblers and a Peregrine were at Ogmore Down and a female Blackcap was in a Cardiff garden.