22ND - 30TH JUNE 2009

On the 22nd, two Green Sandpiper were at Hendre Lake and Honey Buzzards were seen on four occasions in the uplands of the county. On the 23rd, the Woodchat Shrike re-appeared briefly at Rhossilli Down and two Sandwich Terns were off Nash Point. Two Little Egret, a Red Knot, two Mediterranean Gulls, a Green Sandpiper and a Dunlin were at Rhymney Estuary. On the 24th a Honey Buzzard and Northern Goshawk were in the Neath Valley, a Eurasian Hobby was near Bridgend and a Common Redstart was at Llanilid. On the 25th, seven Red-billed Chough were at Rhossilli and fifty Manx Shearwater were off Flat Holm Island. The 27th produced a Honey Buzzard again in the usual site, a Yellowhammer and two Common Sandpiper at Ogmore Estuary and a Lesser Whitethroat at Aberthaw Marsh. On the 29th, three Wood Warbler were at Margam Forest, while two Honey Buzzard, a Red Kite and Northern Goshawk were in the usual site. Five Red-billed Chough were near Ogmore-by-Sea. On the 30th, a Peregrine and Common Sandpiper were at Rhymney Estuary and three Red-billed Chough were at Ogmore-by-Sea.