A South Wales custom tour on the 1st and 2nd Spetember 2008 produced some excellent birding despite some difficult conditions. At least ten Black Terns were noted , along with a Little Tern, Arctic Tern and Common Tern and an Osprey and a Peregrine were watched hunting over the estuary at Wernffrwd. Three Pale-bellied Brent Geese were a surprise and a mimimum of sixteen Mediterranean Gulls included birds in all plumages.
A Grey Phalarope was a bonus find at Ogmore Estuary and we also saw Goosander, Northern Gannet, Northern Fulmar, Red Knot and a breeding plumaged Grey Plover. Passerine migrants were in short supply in the windy conditions, so we were happy with Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Northern Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler.
