10TH - 16TH AUGUST 2009

On the 10th the rain returned and a Grasshopper Warbler at Oxwich Bay and a Great Skua off Flatholm were both interesting records. A busy day on the 11th saw two Little Terns at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, along with a Spotted Flycatcher and a Garden Warbler. Two Yellow Wagtail were at Lamby Lake, five Bar-tailed Godwit were at Blackpill, a European Nightjar and Egyptian Goose were at Rheola, a Lesser Whitethroat was in Sully and 39 Sanderling, 82 European Oystercatcher, six Dunlin and five Ringed Plover were at Sker and three Northern Shoveler, a Common Swift and four Sedge Warbler were at Kenfig Pool. The 12th saw three Pied Flycatcher, three Common Redstart and a Wood Warbler in Maesteg and another Pied Flycatcher near Port Talbot. Four Green Sandpiper were at Llanilid. A beautiful day on the 13th saw a Common Tern over Bridgend Town Centre and a Spotted Flycatcher and a Garden Warbler were at Kenfig Pool, along with a Common Chiffchaff, 25 Common Whitethroat and 21 Willow Warbler. Twenty two Reed Warbler and the same number of Sedge Warblers were at Oxwich Bay. A busy day on the 14th produced a Greater Scaup and two Green Sandpipers at Llanilid, four Lesser Whitethroat, a Common Snipe and a Northern Wheatear at Kenfig Pool and a Tree Pipit and Spotted Flycatcher at Pant Norton. Another Green Sandpiper was at Ogmore Estuary and a Grasshopper Warbler, four more Lesser Whitethroat and two Garden Warblers were at Lavernock Point. Two Yellow Wagtail and a Honey Buzzard were in Maesteg and two Red Knot, thirty Dunlin, seventy Ringed Plover and 130 Sanderling were in Swansea Bay. On the 15th a Pomarine Skua was a good record at Port Eynon, where two hundred and thirty Manx Shearwater, fifty Sandwich Terns, forty Northern Gannet, forty Northern Fulmar and two hundred Black-legged Kittiwake. A Spotted Flycatcher and a Whimbrel were in Penarth and a Lesser Whitethroat was at Lamby Lake. The 16th saw a Common Greenshank, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit and Spotted Flycatcher at Kenfig Pool, an Osprey over Neath Town Centre and a Common Tern in Cardiff Bay.