6TH - 12TH OCTOBER 2008

The 6th produced two Northern Pintail and a Northern Goshawk at Kenfig Pool, as well as a late Willow Warbler and the Whooper Swan was still present at The Watermill Flood. Five hundred Meadow Pipit, forty Sky Lark and three Peregrine were at Nash Point and an Arctic Skua was at Cardiff Heliport. On the 7th, the Whooper Swan was again at The Watermill Flood, along with a Green Sandpiper and a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was in Maesteg. Four Mediterranean Gulls were at Porthcawl and an adult Little Gull was at the Neath Estuary. An Arctic Skua was again at Cardiff Heliport and a Grey Phalarope was at Ogmore Estuary in the afternoon. A Firecrest was at Pant Norton on the 8th and 84 Sky Lark, five Coal Tit, two Grey Plover and a Lesser Redpoll were at Kenfig Pool. The Whooper Swan remained at Ogmore Estuary, where an Arctic Tern was also present, a Peregrine and Great Spotted Woodpecker were at Nash Point and a Merlin was at the Neath Estuary. Five Little Egret, two Cetti’s Warbler and two Black-tailed Godwit were at Rhymney Estuary. A drake Common Scoter was in Cardiff Bay on the 9th, an influx of 150 Blackbird, a Northern Wheatear and Tree Pipit were at Lamby Lake. A Dartford Warbler was at Nash Point and the Whooper Swan was again at Ogmore Estuary, along with a Firecrest. On the 10th, a female Northern Pintail was on Kenfig Pool and a Merlin was at Mynydd Eglwysilian. A Black-necked Grebe was at Kenfig Pool on the 11th and a Brambling was in a Neath garden. Two Green Sandpiper were at Ogmore Estuary, where the Whooper Swan remained. On the 12th, two Hen Harrier were together in Maesteg, along with a Red Kite and the Whooper Swan was again at The Watermill. A Wood Lark flew north over Mewslade and a Ring Ouzel, 35 Coal Tit and a Dartford Warbler were also there.