1ST - 6TH JULY 2008

JULY 1st saw a Eurasian Nightjar, two Grasshopper Warbler, two Tawny Owls and a Little Owl in Maesteg, while the 2nd produced two adult Mediterranean Gulls at Ogmore Estuary and a further nineteen at Blackpill. The 3rd saw a Black-legged Kittiwake at Ogmore Estuary and the 4th saw a Peregrine at Cardiff Bay and a further adult Mediterranean Gull at Rhymney Estuary. Signs of movement on the 5th with fifteen Little Egret, ten Common Sandpiper, five Dunlin, 213 Eurasian Curlew, a Whimbrel, 66 Common Redshank, five Mediterranean Gull and ten Common Gull on North Gower and another ten Common Sandpiper at Ogmore Estuary. On the 6th, small numbers of Northern Gannet and Manx Shearwater were off Rhossilli, a Common Cuckoo and five Lesser Redpoll were at Llanilid and a Eurasian Hobby was at Lamby Way Lake.