16TH - 21ST SEPTEMBER 2008

Sixteen Common Chiffchaff, fourteen Eurasian Siskin and four Water Rail were at Kenfig Pool on the 16th and a Little Gull was at Sker, while a Yellow Wagtail and Common Greenshank were at Lavernock Point. The 17th produced an Osprey at Port Talbot and two unseasonal Hawfinch at Forest Farm Cardiff and the 18th saw a Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint and forty Black-tailed Godwit at Rhymney Estuary. A Merlin was at Llanrhidian Marsh on the 19th, when two Spotted Flycatcher, a Tree Pipit and a Whinchat were at Mewslade. A Common Goldeneye was an early arrival at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir and a Short-eared Owl was at Mynydd Eglwysilian. A Peregrine, Common Redstart and Whinchat were at Kenfig Pool on the 20th, while the 21st saw ten Common Teal, a Northern Shoveler and two Tree Pipit there. Two Pied Flycatcher were at Pant Norton, an Osprey was at Llanrhidian Marsh and a Black-necked Grebe and a Mediterranean Gull were in Cardiff Bay.