11TH - 17TH MAY 2009

On the 11th four Sandwich Terns were at Blackpill and a Garden Warbler was at Sker. Fourteen Black-tailed Godwit and two Little Egret were at Kenfig Pool and five Arctic Terns, two Sandwich Terns, a Common Tern and 95 Manx Shearwater were at Lavernock Point. On the 12th, a Tree Sparrow was again present in the Monknash area, seventeen Manx Shearwater and seven Sandwich Terns were off Porthcawl. A Black-tailed Godwit was at Cosmeston Lakes. The 13th saw a female Marsh Harrier arrive at Kenfig Pool and the 14th saw a Spotted Flycatcher there. Another Spotted Flycatcher and two Garden Warbler were at Pant Norton, Ogmore. Two Cattle Egrets were briefly on Gower and a first summer Iceland Gull was in Cardiff. Torrential rain on the 15th produced a Lesser Whitethroat at Kenfig Pool and three Black-tailed Godwit off Porthcawl. More rain on the 16th and a Eurasian Spoonbill was at Kenfig Pool, along with a Common Cuckoo and Spotted Flycatcher, a Pomarine Skua was off Mumbles Head and three Arctic Skuas were at Rhymney Estuary. Four hundred House Martin were in Maesteg and a Garganey was at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. More torrential rain on the 17th and the Eurasian Spoonbill was again at Kenfig Rivermouth, while a late pair of Northern Shoveler were on the pool. An Arctic Tern was at Rhymney Estuary and a breeding plumaged Great Northern Diver and a European Storm Petrel were off Porthcawl.