20TH - 30TH APRIL 2009

On the 20th, two Whimbrel were at Sker Farm, a Grasshopper Warbler was at Kenfig Pool and two Tree Pipit, a pair of Marsh Tit, a Whinchat and three Common Redstart were in Maesteg. The Ring-billed Gull was again at Lamby Lake and two Common Scoter were off Porthcawl. A Lesser Whitethroat was at Kenfig Pool on 21st, along with 21 Common Whitethroat, two Bar-tailed Godwit were at Rhymney Estuary and a Garden Warbler and Siberian Chiffchaff were at Cosmeston Lakes. Two Tree Pipit were in north Cardiff and three Lesser Whitethroat were at Lavernock Point. On the 22nd, a male Yellow Wagtail, seven Whimbrel, a Northern Wheatear, two hundred Barn Swallow and three Grasshopper Warbler were at Kenfig Pool and another two Grasshopper Warbler and two Whinchat were in Maesteg. A Tree Sparrow was in Monknash and two Wood Warblers were in Maesteg. Another Wood Warbler was in Neath and two Common Swift were in Cardiff Bay. On the 23rd, thirteen Sedge Warbler and a Peregrine were at Kenfig Pool and 28 Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit were at Sker. A female Garganey was at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir and a Lesser Whitethroat was at Lavernock Point. A male Pied Flycatcher, two Common Redstart, Tree Pipit and a Garden Warbler were in Maesteg. The drake Lesser Scaup was still in Cardiff Bay. The 24th saw a Common Cuckoo and two Wood Warblers in the Swansea Valley and a Little Ringed Plover and two Gadwall were at Kenfig Pool. On the 25th, a drake Garganey was at Kenfig Rivermouth, six Common Swifts were in Cardiff and the Lesser Scaup was in Cardiff Bay. The 26th produced fifty Common Swift in Cardiff and the Lesser Scaup in Cardiff Bay. Two Common Cuckoo were in the Swansea Valley and a Jack Snipe was a late migrant in Maesteg. On the 27th, the Iceland Gull was again at Ogmore Estuary, five Sandwich Tern, two Red Knot and two Purple Sandpiper were at Sker. The 28th saw the Ring-billed Gull again at Lamby Lake and Pied Flycatcher, Common Redstart, Wood Warblers, Tree Pipit and four Red Kites were at Cwm Clydach. The 29th produced a pair of Willow Tit in Maesteg and a Common Cuckoo at Rudry Common. A Purple Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit and 58 Sanderling were at Sker. A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was in Cardiff. On the 30th, a Common Tern, nine Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit were at Rhymney Estuary.