1ST - 5TH JULY 2009

As ever, high summer proved to be a rather quiet time as the 1ST JULY saw a singing Lesser Whitethroat at Kenfig Pool and two hundred Manx Shearwater off Aberthaw Marsh. Rain on the 2nd saw two Common Sandpiper were at Ogmore Estuary, while the 3rd produced just a few returning Black-headed Gulls at Cosmeston Lakes and Ogmore Estuary and a pair of Common Teal at Parc Slip. On the 4th an adult Mediterranean Gull was at Barry Island and a singing Lesser Whitethroat was in Roath Park, Cardiff. Signs of autumn on the 5th as two Black-tailed Godwit, a Common Sandpiper, five Black-headed Gull, fifteen Sand Martin and two Tufted Duck were at Kenfig Pool and a Common Redshank was at Cosmeston Lakes.