1ST - 9TH AUGUST 2009

A very wet start to the month as the miserable summer weather continued. On the 1ST, a Common Kingfisher was the highlight at Kenfig Pool and a Mediterannean Gull and a Spotted Flycatcher were at Lamby Lake. Better weather on the 2nd saw two Green Sandpipers, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 21 Willow Warblers and six Sedge Warblers at Kenfig Pool while the 3rd produced a Wood Sandpiper and two Green Sandpipers at Llanilid and six Common Redshank, a Common Kingfisher and a Whimbrel at Kenfig Pool. Nine Arctic Terns passed Flatholm Island and 45 Common Redshank, fourteen Common Sandpiper and six Common Greenshank were at Britton Ferry Docks. On the 5th, a juvenile Marsh Harrier was briefly at Kenfig Pool, where the first Common Snipe and two Lesser Whitethroat of the autumn were also present. A Green Sandpiper was at Llanilid and another was at Hendre Lake, where there was also a Eurasian Hobby. On the 6th, a Northern Shoveler, Water Rail, five Cetti's Warblers and a Peregrine were at Kenfig Pool and a Green Sandpiper, Tree Pipit and Northern Goshawk were at Oxwich Marsh. A Common Greenshank was a good find at Lavernock Point being only the fourth record for the site, two Common Redstart were at Parc Slip and a Pied Flycatcher was in Cardiff Bay. The 7th saw two adult Mediterranean Gulls at Aberthaw Marsh, two Garden Warblers, a Spotted Flyctacher, Tree Pipit, nine Lesser Whitethroat and seventeen Willow Warblers were at Lavernock Point and seven Sedge Warbler, four Reed Warbler, four Common Sandpiper and a Common Redshank were at Kenfig Pool. On the 8th, ten Green Sandpiper and a Wood Sandpiper were at Llanilid, two Common Kingfisher, a Tree Pipit and nine Reed Warbler were at Kenfig Pool, five Mediterranean Gulls were at Mumbles and a Yellow Wagtail was in Maesteg. The 9th saw two Marsh Harriers at Kenfig Pool, a Pied Avocet at Cosmeston Lakes, a Northern Goshawk over a Bridgend garden and a Garden Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher at Lamby Lake. Twenty Reed Warbler were at Oxwich Marsh and a Lesser Whitethroat and Mediterranean Gull were at Cardiff Bay.