1ST - 8TH MARCH 2009

On 1ST MARCH an adult Little Gull was in Cardiff Bay and the drake Greater Scaup was again at Kenfig Pool. Both Iceland and Glaucous Gull were again at Port Talbot and a Black Redstart was at Llantwit Major. On the 2nd twenty eight Purple Sandpipers were at Ogmore-by-Sea, three Hen Harriers were at Llanrhidian Marsh and the Great Bittern and the first Sand Martins of the year were single birds at Hendre Lake and Cardiff Bay, where the Lesser Scaup was still present. The Ring-billed Gull was at Lamby Lake. On the 3rd, the Short-eared Owl was again at Pyle & Kenfig Golf Course and the Lesser Scaup was in Cardiff Bay. The 4th produced forty five Common Eider, seventy Dark-bellied Brent Goose, a Slavonian Grebe and nine Red-breasted Merganser were on North Gower and a Whimbrel was at Oxwich Marsh. Three Red-billed Chough were at Ogmore-by-Sea. On the 5th, two Marsh Tits and three Tawny Owls were in Three Crosses, Gower, three Peregrine were in display over Cardiff city centre and a Sand Martin was in Cardiff Bay. A Dartford Warbler was on territory, near Bridgend. Two Short-eared Owls were in the southern dunes at Kenfig NNR on the 6th, along with 250 European Golden Plover. A Black Redstart and four Red-billed Chough were at Ogmore-by-Sea. The drake Lesser Scaup was in Cardiff Bay and the Ring-billed Gull was at Lamby Lake. The 7th saw three Red-billed Chough at Ogmore-by-Sea, a singing male Dartford Warbler near Bridgend, where two Yellowhammer were also singing. A first winter Iceland Gull was again at Ogmore Estuary and another was at Mumbles, Swansea. A first winter Glaucous Gull was at Gileston. On the 8th an adult Bonaparte’s Gull and an adult Little Gull were in Cardiff Bay, the Glaucous Gull was in Gileston and the Iceland Gull was again in Mumbles. The Great Bittern was at Hendre Lake.