August Highlights

The month started quietly although a Roseate Tern on the Carms side of the Burry Estuary would have been more than welcome on a few Glamorgan lists. Seabirds seemed to be the theme of the month with Port Eynon producing a few decent seawatches. Pick of the birds were Long-tailed Skua and Sooty Shearwater, along with a few sightings of Balearic Shearwater. Towards the month end waders started to move through with a couple of records of Ruff and the first autumn Little Stints and Curlew Sandpipers. The Lapland Bunting at Whiteford on 28th could be the first of many with large numbers nationally at the moment. More typical of August was an Aquatic Warbler trapped at Uskmouth on 30th.

1st - Med Gulls Barry & Rumney Great Wharf. Little Gull Cardiff Bay.
2nd - Little Tern Whiteford. Med Gull Barry. 4 Quail Marcross.
3rd - Crossbil Kenfig Pool.
9th - Med Gull Kenfig Pool.
10th - 2 Red-leged Partridge Lamby Tip. Med Gull Lamby Lake. Roseate Tern Burry Inlet.
13th - Spotted Redshank Goldcliff.
14th - Bonxie Lavernock Point. Spotted Redshank Goldcliff. Common Scoter Llandegfedd Res.
15th - Hobby Kenfig Pool. Marsh Harrier Petersone Wentlooge. 7 Grey Partridge Gileston. Spotted Redshank Rumney Great Wharf.
16th - Marsh Harrier St Mellons. Med Gull Heliport Bay.
17th - Med Gull Neath.
18th - Little Stint Llanillid. Dartford Warbler Cwn Nash. 3 Med Gulls Crymlyn Burrows
19th - Sooty Shearwater, 6 Balearic Shearwater & 2 Great Skuas Port Eynon. Wood Warbler Lavernock Point.
20th - Balearic Shearwater Port Eynon.
21st - Balearic Shearwater & Black Tern Port Eynon. Yellow-legged Gull Salthouse Point. Wood Warbler Lamby Lake.
22nd - Wood Sandpiper Watermill Flood. Ad Long-tailed Skua & 2 Balearic Shearwaters Port Eynon. Hobby Lisvane Reservoir. 2 prob Great White Egrets Aberthaw. Wood Sandpiper Nell's Point, Barry. Black Tern Llandegfedd Res to 28th. 2 Ruff Rumney Great Wharf.
23rd - 13 Black Terns Port Eynon. Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper & 8 Med Gulls Blackpill. Osprey Wernffrwd till month end. Spotted Redhsnak Goldcliff. Ruff Rumney Great Wharf.
24th - Great Skua Lavernock Point. 2 Little Stints, Arctic Skua & Black Tern Port Eynon. 4 Med Gulls Crymlyn Burrows.
25th - 3 Balearic Shearwaters & 2 Arctic Skuas Port Eynon.
26th - Little Gull, Black Tern & 2 Great Skuas Cardiff Heliport.
27th - Arctic Skua Sker Point. Little Tern Cardiff Heliport. 2 Hobby Ynysyfro Res.
28th - Lapland Bunting, Wood Sandpiper, Black Tern & Curlew Sandpiper Whiteford Point.
29th - 3 Curlew Sandpiper & 2 Spotted Redshank Goldcliff.
30th - 5 Curlew Sandpipers Goldcliff. Curlew Sandpipier Peterstone Gout. Med Gull Caerloen. Aquatic Warbler Uskmouth.
31st - Little Ringed Plover & 3 Ruff Kenfig Pool. Yellow-legged Gull Cardiff Heliport. Little Gull Nell's Point, Barry.

July Highlights

After the excitement of Iberian Chiff Chaff & Marmora's Warbler in May & June, it was odds on that July would be a damp squib of a month. So it proved and the only excitement on offer seemed to be for those who delight in counting Med Gulls. A few days of south westerly winds mid month flattered to deceive with small numbers of Manx Shearwaters pushed up the channel. Let's hope for better in August.

1st - Little Ringed Plover Kenfig Pool.

2nd - Med Gull Cardiff Heliport. Med Gull Peterstone Gout.

5th - Med Gull Goldcliff.

6th - Med Gull Ogmore Est. Green Sandpiper Kenfig Pool.

7th - Med Gull Cold Knap Pool.

8th - 2 Med Gulls Porthcawl. Little Ringed Plover & Med Gull Ogmore Estuary. Med Gull & Common Tern Cardiff Heliport.

9th - 11 Med Gulls Cardiff Heliport. 2 Med Gulls Barry.

10th - Green Sandpiper Ogmore Estuary. Med Gull & Common Tern Llandegfedd.

11th - 2 Med Gulls Ogmore Estuary.

12th - Marsh Harrier Kenfig Pool.

13th - Med Gull Cardiff Heliport. Common Tern Eglwys Nunydd. Med Gull Peterstone Gout.

14th - 2 Med Gulls Cardiff Heliport. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Llandaff. 39 Manx Shearwater Cardiff Heliport. 2 Common Tern Llandegfedd.

15th - 12 Black-tailed Godwit Ogmore Estuary. 34 Manx Shearwater & 6 Common Scoter Lavernock. 100 Manx Shearwater Cardiff Heliport. 2 Common Tern Llandegfedd.

16th - 2 Little Ringed Plovers Egwlys Nunydd. 24 Med Gulls Bracelet Bay. 12 Storm Petrels & 623 Manx Shearwaters Tutt Head.

18th - 40 Manx Shearwater Porthcawl. Med Gull Goldcliff.

19th - 4 Green Sandpipers Miskin.

20th - Med Gull Eglwys Nunydd.

21st - Med Gull Ogmore Estuary. Little Gull Margam Sands. 5 Med Gulls Port Talbot. Common Tern Llandegfedd.

23rd - 2 Green Sandpipers Kenfig Pool & 6 Rumney Great Wharf.

25th - 2 Green Sandpipers & 2 Med Gulls Rumney Great Wharf.

26th - 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper & 1 Med Gull Rumney Great Wharf. Marsh Harrier Goldcliff.

27th - 39 Manx Shearwater & 8 Common Scoter off Aberavon. 25 Med Gulls Bracelet Bay. 7 Med Gulls Penclawdd. Common Tern Llandegfedd.

28th - Green Sandpiper, Med Gull & Yellow-legged Gull Rumney Great Wharf. Med Gull Sluice Farm.

29th - Goshawk Kenfig Pool.

31st - Osprey Cwmtillery.