20TH - 26TH JULY 2009

The 20th saw the Common Quail still in Maesteg and a Lesser Whitehtroat, two Willow Warbler and four Common Chiffchaff were at Lavernock Point and four Common Redshank were at Ogmore Estuary, while a Grasshopper Warbler was at Kenfig Pool. On the 21st, nine Common Whitethroat, three Common Pochard, two Common Sandpiper and a Common Redshank were at Kenfig Pool. Two Tree Pipit were at LLanilid and five Sanderling were at Ogmore Estuary. On the 23rd, 850 Manx Shearwater and an adult Mediterranean Gull were at Rhymney Estuary and high tide at Loughor Estuary produced five Sandwich Terns, two Yellow-legged Gull, 27 Little Egret, 5000 Black-headed Gull, five Mediterranean Gull, 870 European Oystercatcher, 627 Eurasian Curlew, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, a Common Scoter and seventeen Great Crested Grebe. On the 24th, three Sandwich Terns, 250 Dunlin, 83 Eurasian Curlew, six Ringed Plover, nine Whimbrel and a Peregrine were at Penclawdd. On the 25th, a Dunlin, eighteen Willow Warbler, 21 Common Whitethroat, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, fifteen Reed Warbler, four Sedge Warbler and twelve Common Swift provided further evidence that the autumn migration is already well under way at Kenfig Pool and two European Nightjar were at Llanwonno Forest. On the 26th, a European Golden Plover was an early autumn migrant in Maesteg and twelve Common Crossbill were near Aberdare. Two Whimbrel and a Little Egret were at Rhymney Estuary and 53 Sanderling were at Sker.