Now You See It Now You Dont

The Garganey was still on the back lagoon,the Spoonbill made some fleeting appearances on the furthest lagoon but soon disappeared back up a small ditch.Plenty on Dunlin, some Turnstone and a lonesome Golden Plover were the best of the rest.

West Usk Beach

Highlights at Goldcliff Pools Saturday Morning were 3 Gannet and a Flyover Cuckoo.The Little beach at the West Usk Lighthouse came up trumps in the evening with 33 Sanderling 300+ Dunlin 3 Barwits 9 Whimbrel and a few Wheatears.

Pom Tiddly Pom Pom Pom

After watching the winds on XC Weather all day.Winds reaching 31Mph in a SW Direction with a few poms scattered about it was straight down to the Golden cliff of delights after work.After an hour and a half of nothing one Pom flew straight up channel circling for a bit before carrying on.

Managed to get these cracking pics as well.

Early One Sunday Morning.

Paid a visit to a nice little local woodland to look for Wood Warbler.Was not disappointed with at least 8 Birds present.Also popped down to the Cliff of Golden delights for 2 hours after XCWeather forecast 20mph SW winds this afternoon.The Only delights from the cliff were 1 Fulmar down Channel and lots of Swift Up and Down.

This Time Last Year

Back to normal this weekend with the usual suspects about.It was around about this time Last year we were graced With Broad Billed Sand,BW Stilt And Temmincks Stint.Keep The Faith!

Last Weekend

Whiskered Tern at Frampton Sailing Lake.

Twigs and Leaves

Just had to go and see the Collared Flycatcher at Portland yesterday.When on site the main point was to get a photograph of it with lots of twigs and leaves in the way.I Think i managed the task OK.

Whilst down there we had to go and see this.It would have been rude not to.

SUBALPINE AT USKMOUTH

Seabird Spectacular

With a SSW wind blowing,more South than South West a Seawatch at the cliff of Golden delights were in order.Both sat comfortably at the end of the point with scopes scanning the rising tide with not much going on.10 Minutes Nothing,20 Minutes 1 Racing Pigeon,30 Minutes Nothing,40 Minutes a Small distant wader down,50 Minutes still Nothing then on the stroke of 1 Hour a Great Crested Grebe up.The next 20 minutes or so made up for it. 2 Fulmars down and 5 yes 5 Arctic Skuas up,4 Dark Phase and 1 Light Phase.So with the Arctics tucked safely in the bottom of the bag and the sun going down over the cliff the decision was made to call it a day.

The Last Few Days

The Last couple of days were spent at Uskmouth and West Usk Lighthouse.Not a great deal about but good views of most things.

White Throated Sparra

I woke this morning and thought what to do.Low tide and in the afternoon at goldcliff i thought not.One hour and 34 minutes later i was in Old Winchester Hall an viewing this little Gem.Why it was suppressed for so long is anybody guess.

A Few Migrants coming through now.Chiffchaffs Willow Warblers and Blackcaps by the million.Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat and Redstart also in the last few days.

It would be nice to do a morning and evening tide i that tent.