Monday 18 March 2024

Swallow - Newgale

From Jane Wadkin: This afternoon (Mon 18 March) low over soggy Newgale campsite.

Hook - Chiffchaff

 The 1st singing Chiffchaff for the garden of this year, this afternoon. In fact its the first collybita bird here since last August.

St David's Head 17/3/24

From Alan Collens:

Sand Martins chased by a Merlin around the Head this afternoon and a Wheatear in the valley.
At the Newgale lay-by a Short -eared Owl was showing well at 4.30 pm.

Sunday 17 March 2024

Western Subalpine Warbler Ramsey

 It was a nice surpise to see this Western Subalpine Warbler on Ramsey this morning. 


© Alys Perry

Alys & Nia 

Ty Rhyg


 On a very gloomy morning a flock of in excess of 200 Fieldfares, quite a few Chiffchaffs around as well probably around 20. The most unexpected experience was coming across a young Adder on the footpath.

At Rosebush Reservoir a single male Goldeneye, a Coot, a pair of G.C.Grebes a Woodcock and 3 Chiffchaff.

Saturday 16 March 2024

Castlemartin Corse

Upstream - a few ducks on the remaining flooded area with the gulls, 7 pintail, 3 gadwall, 2 shelduck and 4 mallard, 30 teal flying about in the distance. A commotion among the gulls was caused by a goshawk flying over the Corse from S to N. That and a buzzard the only raptors. 3 little egrets in the rushy area.

Further along in the hide area, 2 more little egrets and a grey heron, 4 shoveler and a few more mallard and teal, 4 coot, moorhenlittle grebe trilling somewhere in the reeds. 7 curlew, the odd snipe and a single golden plover the only waders. A flock of 27 stock doves flew over. 



Whooper Swans

From Alan Collens: There were 2 Whoopers in a field next to the A487 at about 10am today.
They were with c.12 Wigeon in the grass field with a pond/flood ,which is opposite the track across Dowrog common.

Friday 15 March 2024

Rosebush and Llys-y-fran

Rosebush reservoir: 4 Goldeneye (3m) and the pair of GC grebe.

Llys-y-fran: 3 Goldeneye (3m), the pair of Red-breasted merganser still here, min 12 GC grebe pair of Little grebe. Just a sprinkling of about 300 BH gulls with 11 Mediterranean gull (9 adult, 2 2cy), single 2cy GBB, c20 LBB. No Herring gull. Chiffchaff singing. Lots of midges emerging but no sign of any Sand martins.

Sand Martins - Marloes Mere

Two or three Sand Martins were over the mere at lunchtime and drifting north.  On the mere were the usual winter visitors - female Goldeneye, two pairs of Tufted Ducks and one pair of Gadwall. In the late afternoon a couple of thousand Golden Plover were swirling over the peninsula and appeared to settle near West Hook fields.

Chough....

 Two Chough at Kilpaison (Paul Warren)

Sand martins over Dowrog

 3 sand martins over Dowrog Common this afternoon, the lesser scaup was still at Penberi Reservoir along with 28 Canada geese. 

Thursday 14 March 2024

Sand Martins - Teifi Marshes

At least 7 Sand Martins feeding over the Teifi Marshes this evening

Mike Davey

Can I say how sad I am to hear the sad news re Mike. I met him several times usually at Kilpaison and found him a really friendly positive person. My condolences to everyone who knew him.
Mervyn Hopkins.

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Dale sand martins

 Three sand martins were hawking over the fields in the centre of Dale village for most of the afternoon - my first of the year. 

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Brent Geese

 Two pale bellied Brent Geese in Fishguard Harbour this afternoon 

Ramsey Island Blog Updates

The Ramsey Island blog has now moved to blogpost for the foreseeable future. 

You can see our latest updates and bird records since we returned to the Island by following the link-

 RSPB Ramsey & Grassholm Islands Blog (ramseyisland.blogspot.com)

Thank you!

Alys & Nia