Sunday, July 13, 2008

7TH - 13TH JULY 2008


On the 7th, three European Storm Petrel, eight Common Scoter and 100 Manx Shearwater were off Porthcawl, a Eurasian Spoonbill and twelve Common Sandpiper were at Ogmore Estuary and two Black-tailed Godwit were at The Watermill Flood. A day of torrential rain on the 9th saw a Common Sandpiper in Cardiff Bay and a Common Cuckoo in a Bridgend garden. On the 11th, a female Northern Goshawk and a party of juvenile Whinchat were in Caerphilly and twelve Black-tailed Godwit and a Spotted Flycatcher were at The Watermill Flood. One hundred Common Swift were in Cardiff Bay and a female Gadwall was on Kenfig Pool. Nine Sandwich Tern and three European Storm Petrel were off Port Eynon. The 12th saw a pair of Ruddy Shelduck at Penclawdd and eight Common Sandpiper at Swansea Docks. Twenty Eurasian Siskin were present in Caerphilly on the 13th and six Common Sandpiper and 27 Common Redsank were in Britton Ferry Docks.