Weather wise May proved to be unpredictable,hot in the early part of the month,cold & blustery mid-month and warm but showery toward the end of the month.
May proved to be a fantastic month for Cardiff,what with the CBC site set up and running,proving very popular with readers from all over the county and indeed further a field,on the birding front Kenfig & Sker areas went through a purple patch,with the highlights being a Black winged stilt,short-toed lark and Whiskered tern/s putting in a show and a white stork near Welsh St Donats,the highlight must however go to the Arizona 3,Meriwether,secret squirell & portly leader, who,whilst in Arizona managed to stumble upon a tufted flycatcher(shown above),only the 3rd record for the USA.
Round up for Cardiff and surrounding area for May 2008.
1st-Bute park-garden warbler.East Aberthaw-black & little tern.
3rd-Maesteg-wood warbler & pied flycatcher.Green point,-Ring billed & Med.gull.Cardiff Bay-Arctic tern,Med gull & Little gull.
4th-Cosmeston-Cetti's,sedge & Reed warblers,lesser whitethroat.Kenfig-Whiskered tern & Black winged stilt.Maesteg-Hobby.Lamby-Ring billed gull.
6th-Rhymney great wharf-Turtle dove (2).
8th-Kenfig-Short toed lark.
11th-Kenfig,-Whiskered tern.
12th-Maesteg-hobby.
13th-Cardiff-red legged partridge
14th-Cosmeston-Garganey
18th-Dunraven-'transivita' swallow
19th-Cantref-Great white egret.(until 31st atleast)
22nd-Welsh St. Donats-White stork
23rd-Miskin-Cattle egret.
