Wednesday 10 December 2008

Newport Wed am

88 Curlews & 65 Wigeon were notable. Otherwise v quiet, as it has been for several weeks. 3 L Grebes, 3 L Egrets,2 Shelducks, 8 Redshanks. Of small waders I couldnt find any Dunlin or Turnstones & just 3 R Plovers hunched into the wind. All the (not many) gulls were BH or Herring except 1 Common.
There is now a 2nd pair of Mute Swans downstream from the bridge, 1 of which is the peripatetic PO25, which was here earlier in the year & I believe has also been seen in Fishguard & on the Teifi