1ST - 7TH SEPTEMBER 2008

September began with the Osprey present again at Wernffrwd, where there were also three Black Terns, thirty Red Knot and a breeding plumaged Grey Plover. Fifteen Mediterranean Gulls and three Pale-bellied Brent Geese were at Blackpill, a Common Tern was at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir and a Spotted Flycatcher and two Black Terns were at Kenfig NNR. A further four Black Terns, five Northern Fulmar and two Northern Gannets were off Porthcawl. A Common Cuckoo, Eurasian Hobby and a Yellow Wagtail were at Llanilid. A Green Sandpiper and Spotted Flycatcher were at Lavernock Point. Another busy and windy day on the 2nd saw four Black Terns, an Arctic Tern and a Little Tern at Sker, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, Black Tern, three Little Terns, 69 Sandwich Terns, eight Common Eider and two Grey Phalarope at Wernffrwd and another Grey Phalarope at Ogmore Estuary. On the 3rd, three, possibly four Grey Phalarope were at Wernffrwd and three Little Terns were at Loughor Bridge, while three Grey Phalarope were at Ogmore Estuary and another was on Kenfig Pool. At Port Eynon, two Arctic Skuas, sixty Sandwich Terns, fifteen Common Terns, two Arctic Terns and six European Storm Petrel passed east. On the 4th, more sea watching produced four Grey Phalarope at Porthcawl Seafront, along with two European Storm Petrel, an adult Mediterranean Gull and four Common Scoter. A Yellow-legged Gull and Green Sandpiper were in Cardiff Bay and another three Grey Phalarope were at Ogmore Rivermouth and another remained at Kenfig Pool. A Tree Pipit was at Lavernock Point. A female Pied Flycatcher and a Grasshopper Warbler were the highlights of another very wet day at Kenfig Pool on the 5th, while a Black Tern was at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. An adult Little Gull and 300 House Martins were in Cardiff Bay and a Wryneck was at Locks Common, Porthcawl. On the 6th, a Whinchat and a Common Tern were at Kenfig Sands, while a Lesser Whitethroat and two Black-tailed Godwit were at the pool. Three adult Mediterranean Gull were at Locks Common, Porthcawl, where the Wryneck was also still present. On the 7th, three Common Terns and a Peregrine were at Kenfig Sands and the Wryneck was again at Porthcawl. Three Whinchat were at Lan Farm and four Grey Partridge and three Yellowhammer were at Tyn-y-Caeau Farm.