24TH - 31ST MARCH 2009

The 24th produced the first two Willow Warblers of the year at Kenfig Pool, two Northern Wheatear at Ogmore Estuary and another three at Rhymney Estuary. Two Brambling, seventeen Eurasian Siskin and a Lesser Redpoll were at Neath. The 25th saw a Little Ringed Plover at Ogmore Estuary, along with the Iceland Gull, the 26th was a write off with torrential rain all day and the 27th saw the Bonaparte’s Gull and Lesser Scaup still present in Cardiff Bay. The Water Pipit was again at Ogmore Estuary and 22 Sand Martin, a Northern Wheatear and a Northern Goshawk were at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. On the 28th, a Hen Harrier was at Welshmoor, Gower, three Little Ringed Plover were at Llanilid and the drake Lesser Scaup was at Cardiff Bay. Barn Swallows were seen in Cardiff, Pontypridd and Bridgend. On the 29th, a Willow Tit was at Tir Founder Fields, the Iceland Gull, thirty Purple Sandpipers and a Green Sandpiper were at Ogmore Estuary and a Glaucous Gull was at Lamby Lake. On the 30th, a Barn Swallow was at Cosmeston Lakes and another three were in Bridgend Town Centre, while a breeding plumaged Slavonian Grebe was on Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. A Short-eared Owl remains in the southern dunes at Kenfig NNR. On the 31st, forty Barn Swallow and 24 Sand Martin were at Kenfig Pool, along with two Willow Warblers, while five hundred European Golden Plover remained at Sker. Willow Warblers were also present in Swansea and Pontypridd. A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was near Bridgend and a male Merlin was at Mynydd Eglwysilian. Two Whimbrel were at Rhymney Estuary, the Water Pipit was at Ogmore Estuary and the drake Lesser Scaup was again at Cardiff Bay.