From Jane Wadkin: This afternoon (Mon 18 March) low over soggy Newgale campsite.
Monday 18 March 2024
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:
Sunday 17 March 2024
Western Subalpine Warbler Ramsey
It was a nice surpise to see this Western Subalpine Warbler on Ramsey this morning.
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, moorhen, little 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
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.
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
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
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