17TH - 23RD AUGUST 2009

A quieter day on the 17th with thirty Reed Warbler, nineteen Sedge Warbler, a Garden Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat at Oxwich Bay being the only news. The 18th saw two Little Egret, seven Blackcap, three Common Chiffchaff and a Lesser Whitethroat at Kenfig Pool and a Red-billed Chough at Sker. On the 19th, the Osprey was again at Neath and a Marsh Tit was in Bishop's Wood, Gower, while a windy day on the 20th produced three European Storm Petrel off Porthcawl, along with twenty Northern Gannet, five Manx Shearwater and seven Northern Fulmar. The 21st saw two Honey Buzzard in the Neath Valley and a Common Tern, two Sandwich Terns, a Mediterranean Gull and four Bar-tailed Godwit at Briton Ferry.On the 22nd, a Eurasian Hobby was at Llwyn On Reservoir and a Spotted Flycatcher, seventeen Reed Warbler, sixteen Sedge Warbler, five Common Teal and two Gadwall were at Oxwich Marsh. An Osprey and 34 Sandwich Terns were at Wernffrwd, North Gower, three Spotted Flycatcher were at St Donats, a Common Swift was at Kenfig Pool and a Little Owl at Sker Farm. The 23rd saw the Osprey again at Wernffrwd, a Eurasian Hobby, Barn Owl, two Green Sandpiper and a Yellow Wagtail were at Lamby Lake and eighty Ringed Plover, two Little Egret, three Tree Pipit and a Northern Goshawk were at Kenfig National Nature Reserve.