Haverfordwest

 Last Sunday had 3 oyster catcher over the house that was an interesting record, but today noticing large movements of wood pigeon in the Cleddau valley………any one else 

Re "Help"

Just a bit of a guess, and not sure how or if even possible, but it looks like a hybrid Canary/Tenerife Blue Chaffunch. Unlikely presumably, to be a wild hybrid vagrant, so whatever it is, its most likely an escapee.

Help!

From John Witehurst: In the garden today……think an escape/captive bred bird….but really little idea 

Dartford Warbler at Strumble Head

We saw a Dartford warbler at Strumble Head at 8:15 this morning. It was about 30 mins south of the car park, just beyond a small reed bed. We are unsure of the age/sex but it seemed dark with spots on the chin but no “crest”. It was quite mobile, and we quickly lost it as it traveled north. 

Josh, Emi and Francis Daunt

Dale airfield and the Gann

2 male Southern Migrant hawkers on the airfield late afternoon (found by Huw earlier who also had a pair mating), also ruddy darter, and 4 emperors (3m). Gann at high tide, the pools were getting a long overdue topping up. 30 redshank, 10 dunlin, 5 ringed plover, 4 greenshank, 3 common sandpiper and 2 sanderling. A big bull seal hunting close in eventually caught a large mullet. The chough family were present, the ground everywhere must be like concrete.

Marloes Mere Monday

From John Whitehurst: 
A warm visit to Marloes Mere amongst swarms of butterflies and many dragonflies including  Lesser Emperor and Red Veined Darter, also found 4 Dunlin, a Snipe and a lone Golden plover on the mud and a Marsh Harrier across the marsh and back across the fields behind. 

Chough Chicks

From Vicky Pearson: A family of Chough seen on the north side of Solva (the fields at Careg Lyfn).  One chick happily feeding itself, 2 others begging rather incessantly from parents.   

Gann / Western Reef Heron AWOL

A nice selection of waders at the Gann this evening over the high tide.  Amongst 10 species the highlights included the male Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Common Sandpiper and a single Whimbrel.

Red-billed Chough aren't regular at the Gann so to see a pair with a juvenile was really nice.  Where did they breed?  Possibly at Great Castle Head, although we haven't seen the pair in that area during the breeding season.

After being present at the Gann on Saturday, the Western Reef Heron seems to have gone walkabout again.  I checked Sandy Haven this afternoon without success, and it wasn't visible at the Gann this evening either.  A report of it at the Nevern Estuary yesterday may suggest it's gone north again...

Swifts

From David Meanwell: 2 swifts over Broad Haven (Enfield Road) 3pm today

Manxies in the dead of night

 Went kayaking out of Lower Town Fishguard yesterday afternoon and spent the night on a small inaccessible (by land) beach near the fort. I didn’t sleep that well but didnt expect to hear in the dead of night several Manx Shearwaters just off the fort flying around and calling. No idea how many were around and probably not that unusual so close in, it was just a first for me. On the paddle out a pair of Oystetcatchers with 2 juvs protested loudly and single Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper, while after sunrise this morning a Kestrel explored the cliffs while 2 Chough tumbled around near Goodwick beach.

Yellow wagtail, Marloes Mere

A Yellow wagtail among a dozen young Pied wagtails picking flies from the wallowing Welsh blacks on a quick check this evening. 3 swifts flew over, a single dunlin. 1000s of butterflies mostly red admiral, meadow brown, painted ladies, gatekeeper and large whites. 2-3 Lesser emperor and a few red-veined darter.

Quail in Moylegrove

Quail heard calling regularly over the last few days at Llech Y Drybedd, Moylegrove. 

Steve Halton 

Quail in Sutton

 2:50 AM I am looking out of the bedroom window at the stars, and a Quail starts calling from a nearby field, no idea where exactly, but its a first for the village as far as I know. Seem to be quite a few about too.

Gann

The Western Reef Heron still present at the Gann this evening, feeding along the foreshore on the falling tide.

A nice selection of waders, including a male Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 3 Whimbrel, a Greenshank, 18 Redshank and 8 stunning adult Black-tailed Godwits. Nice to enjoy the birds with Rob Cox (Dave & Lisa).

Quail, Llanteg 10.07.2026

Following on from Mike's record  of this morning at Stackpole, I am delighted to say that we've also had a quail calling on our property this evening, from the long grass and bracken that borders our northern hedge - its distinctive whet -whit whit call continued from 7 pm to at least 7.45, when I had to come in to calm me nerves!

Dr Kevin J. Caley

Western Reef heron, still at the Gann

The heron was on the foreshore around 8:30 this morning. 

3 greenshank on Marloes mere first thing but soon flew off as I approached. Another example of what can drop in here. 100s of gatekeepers.