South Wales
Joined July 2011
She’s back: Pallid Harrier, Llanrhidian Marsh, this evening. (Hen Harrier, Barn Owl and Marsh Harrier were also present)
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Wood Sandpiper, WWT Llanelli, this afternoon
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Good to see Redwings and Fieldfares back, with at least a hundred of each feasting on berries at Pal y Cwrt, near Ammanford, this afternoon
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Hen Harrier, Llanrhidian Marsh, this evening
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Goshawk, Cnyffiad Valley, Cambrian Mountains, this afternoon
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Several other raptors also present, including this Sparrowhawk
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Cattle Egret & 11 Spoonbills at WWT Llanelli, a couple of days ago. Guillemot close in at Oxwich beach, yest., Yellow-browed Warbler by hide (calling & briefly seen), and distant Goshawk
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Male and fem.-type Marsh Harriers, Pembrey Burrows, this eve. The male later flew towards Gower
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Close encounter with young Buzzard, Mill Wood (Gower), this afternoon, and juv. Goshawk patrolling overhead
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Grey Phalarope, Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea Waterfront, this afternoon
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Osprey at Cwm Ivy Marsh, Gower, this afternoon
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Peregrine and Merlin also seen at Cwm Ivy, and Osprey on post, viewed from Crofty, this morning
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Distant Goshawk over Tythegston, Bridgend, this afternoon
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Goshawk (juv.), South Gower, from this afternoon
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Hobby at Oxwich, this afternoon, hawking insects and interacting with a Sparrowhawk briefly
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Also, juv Goshawk, distant from Oxwich hide
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3 Ospreys on posts, Llanrhidian, this evening - 2 were feeding, the other went for a late hunt around the estuary
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Black Tern, Llangorse Lake, Powys, this afternoon. Mostly distant & favouring the water lilies (2 reported present, this eve)
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Also, juvenile Hobby flew over calling
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Merlin at Penlle’r Castell, above the Clydach Valley, Swansea, this morning
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