From Ian Bartlett: Max count of 16 Swift this evening. There are a few separate groups around and every now and then they all group together. At least 25 House Martins at one point and good numbers of Swallow too. Two Peregrines over the millpond around 9pm
We normally get quite big aggregations of Swallows on our electricity wires in late summer. But it is only mid-July and we are aleady up to 35!
From Ian Bartlett: 5 Curlew today at Angle, viewable from The Old Point House. Last night 8 Swift flying around the Mill at Carew millpond along with similar numbers of House Martin and Swallow.
from David Butler: A minimum of 5 active house Martin nests in Johnston but last few days they have been joined by 4 swifts. This evening a swift has been paying particular attention to this nest, presumably nest prospecting but it does hold juvenile house Martins.
Heard calling yesterday & this morning at St Brides, in the old rectory/ pink cottages area.
Ed: Yes we heard it too!
From Bryn & Ros Burgess:
Had a good number of swifts over the crow hill area about 5pm I got to about 26 but it was difficult to be accurate as you know, so perhaps as many as 35? Presume youngsters in the mix?
Also so pleasing to see summer starlings round, not been here for some time.
From Bryn Burgess: 9 Common Scoter from Broad Haven today. I would have thought this an early record.
Went for a walk after work.
One of the highlights was with some carrion crow was a hooded crow. Seen at distance and so apologies for the terrible quality image.
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| Hooded Crow at distence |
Two Raven feeding on the far side of the open access area.
Nice to see a few young wheatear and Stonechat about. One adult Wheatear was still taking food over cliff edge so assume some young there somewhere!
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| A moth for someones meal! |
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| One of a small flock of starling |
First seen 16th June: A pair of Greylags with at least 5 well grown goslings hanging around the newly created pond near the new YFC club house on the link road that goes from Scleddau to the St Davids Road near Mathry. A pair were seen a year ago with much smaller goslings but not sure what happened to them. Hopefully we will see more of them as the weeks go by!
Yesterday 7th July, Greylags still about, goslings looking good but down to four
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Not sure how many Greylags breeding in the county , it will be interesting to see if they prosper, a nice bit of rewilding by the landowners
From Ian Sefton - during a cycle ride around Manorbier Newton, Freshwater East and Lamphey at least 5 Yellowhammers present, all singing males.
Yesterday morning the Swifts were on the move and a group of four were initially seen feeding low over the sheep fields at Mullock building quite quickly to a group of at least 22 birds zooming low around the meadow with occasional high swoops over Winterton Marsh. At least 5 were still present at 1430. After a summer where Swifts seemed to be really scarce watching such a big group was a real pleasure.
Numbers have been building up at Llanstadwell over the last three weeks.35+,mostly adults this morning.
From Jeremy Moore:
From A Crowder:
Yesterday 03/07/25 Iron Bridge: Singing Reed & Sedge Warbler - latter also seen. Shelduck pair with 4 young. From beach car park: Single Chough feeding with Rooks on golf course, + 3 flying over. Whitethroat occasionally singing, female Kestrel