1ST - 6TH SEPTEMBER 2009

Really wet conditions on the 1ST meant few birds, but a Spotted Flycatcher, Little Egret and two Lesser Whitethroat were at Kenfig Pool, a Tree Pipit was at Pant Norton and eighteen Pale-bellied Brent Geese were offshore at Ogmore-by-Sea. On the 2nd, the Osprey was again at Wernffrwd and 24 Red Knot, two Mediterranean Gulls, two hundred Sanderling and 150 Ringed Plover were in Swansea Bay. Another Mediterranean Gull was at Cardiff Heliport and two Spotted Flycatchers, three Common Teal and seven Willow Warblers were the highlights of another wet day at Kenfig Pool. On the 3rd, a Grey Phalarope was at Ogmore-by-Sea, 140 Black-tailed Godwit, two Yellow Wagtail and sixty five Red Knot were at Rhymney Estuary, a Red-throated Diver was off Porthcawl, a Eurasian Hobby was at Hendre Lake, two Common Swift were in Maesteg and a first winter Little Gull and a Ruddy Turnstone were at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. Another very windy day on the 4th saw an interesting selection of migrants arrive. A female Ruddy Shelduck and a Common Tern were at Kenfig Pool, an Osprey, Red Kite and Spotted Flycatcher were around the Ogmore Estuary and 400 Barn Swallow, four Lesser Whitethroat and a Garden Warbler were at Lavernock Point. On the 5th, a Eurasian Hobby was at Cwm Ivy, Gower, six Tree Pipit and two Spotted Flycatcher were at Pant Norton and another Tree Pipit and Spotted Flycatcher, as well as a Lesser Whitethroat and twelve Common Chiffchaff were at Kenfig Pool. Another Eurasian Hobby was at Mynydd Eglwysilian, two Common Swift were at Llancadle, Vale of Glamorgan and another Common Swift and a first winter Little Gull were at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. The 6th brought a Glossy Ibis briefly to Baglan, near Port Talbot, a Common Greenshank to Ogmore Estuary and a Green Sandpiper at Pontsarn.