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contact friday 1 may 2026 pembrokeshire bird report the 2025 edition of the pembrokeshire bird report is now available here and on the reports page accessed by the tab above posted by pembrokeshire birds at 10 22 am wednesday 29 april 2026 white stork see earlier post the same or similar bird was seen at abereiddy on tuesday at 4 00 pm flying low over the water travelling north sighting by jeff tierney posted by pembrokeshire birds at 8 44 pm newport to fishguard coast common cranes we made a trip up to the north coast today looking for choughs etc covering the coast between newport and fishguard pleasingly choughs were breeding where expected there was a nice steady passage of swallows about 200 in 20 minutes or so off the coast near cat rock where 3 pairs of canada geese are nesting this year a male kestrel was hunting near there and a female nearer to fishguard a very smart adult male about 20 swifts small parties were seen heading along the coast between fishguard and pwllgwaelod this afternoon four relatively late migrant sandwich terns were feeding in newport bay this morning a few waders seen there included 4 ringed plovers a few dunlin and whimbrels however by far the most interesting birds were two common cranes that flew in high over the sea late morning they circled around for a while over newport bay before disappearing inland probably in the direction of nevern when they were lost from view some quick record photos taken when they were closest to me bob seemed to suggest that they were not ringed colour ringed however because rings on this species will be above the tarsus joint they could possibly have been hidden by the dark body thigh feathers hopefully someone will get good views of them on the ground when it should be possible to confirm if they are ringed possibly from a breeding programme release scheme or not posted by bob annie at 6 40 pm cattle egret one at westfield pill this morning posted by allan hansen at 7 31 am tuesday 28 april 2026 white stork from gethin jenkins today at around 12 45 a white stork flew right over us at maiden hall carpark newgale it came from out to sea fairly low labouring against the strong easterlies then rose up much higher circling above southwood farm before gliding off northwards an incredible sight my first in this country posted by pembrokeshire birds at 2 04 pm the slash pond from david meanwell as we seek to raise the profile of the broad haven slash pond community nature reserve you may be interested to know that it has recently been recognised as part of the national forest of wales and the first community nature reserve to achieve naturfa status from informal records we have noted 21 of the welsh government section 7 list of bird species of principal importance your support in making use of the reserve as birders is much appreciated posted by pembrokeshire birds at 12 45 pm monday 27 april 2026 black kite haverfordwest on 26th have just reviewed some images which i had assumed were of a distant red kite about midday on the 26th from my back garden i saw what i thought was a red kite circling above the uzmaston road i went in and brought out my camera since sometimes red kite fly directly overhead however the kite moved north behind a large fir tree and emerged much further off and higher up i just fired off some shots to test the autofocus when i eventually checked the very small images i was surprised to see the bird was in fact a black kite this fits in well with the warm anti cyclonic weather moral shoot first use bins later sorry about the image display maybe because i am using win 7 posted by roger price at 9 47 pm goodwick strumble head yesterday caldey island today yesterday morning sunday 26th we walked the coast path between goodwick and strumble head a cuckoo was calling at ciliau moor where they have been seen heard in previous years a few sedge warblers were singing in coastal wetland areas and a lesser whitethroat was singing in dense blackthorn scrub patch where there is usually a likely breeding territory one was also singing in dense scrub on trewent point on 25th april during a walk from freshwater east to stackpole quay small numbers of whimbrel flocks of 5 6 were passing west along the coast on that morning today we visited caldey there had been no boats last week due to easterly wind and it could be the same for the next few days so were were pleased to get over there today during the crossing we could see a huge gull and auk feeding frenzy involving hundreds of herring gulls many kittiwakes razorbills and guillemots in caldey sound the moving but dense feeding flock stretched eastwards and closer to saundersfoot on the island we were impressed with the number of likely water rail territories present based on presence of calling males we recorded and mapped not less than five likely territories all involved patches of gorse or bramble scrub four were near the coast one was nearer the village but none involved wetland habitat we have noted water rails in similar places on caldey in previous years here they appear to have adapted to a completely different type of habitat perhaps they should be re named caldey scrub rails a grasshopper warbler was also singing in one of the scrub patches on the east side of the island a pair of greylags are likely to be breeding near sandtop bay herring and lbb gull breeding activity was well underway with many seemingly incubating it was a disappointing day for choughs though only one territory seemed to be occupied none were seen or heard at two other sites where we usually expect to confirm them to be present and breeding on the return trip to tenby a puffin was heading in the direction of st margaret s island where there is usually a small population as we passed the lifeboat station we noted 3 turnstones and a purple sandpiper resting under the old lifeboat station slipway support structure posted by bob annie at 9 35 pm grasshopper warblers we also had a grasshopper warbler in scrub behid st brides church when doing our bbs on saturday i assume that most of them are on passage it reminds of a bbs we did years ago on april 22nd 2004 when we had five grasshopper warblers singing from all sorts of places rosemary royle posted by pembrokeshire birds at 2 42 pm mynydd dinas 2 cuckoos and a grasshopper warbler reeling in full sight the highlights of my bbs this morning between mynydd dinas and bedd morris before the mist rolled in posted by clare ryland at 11 16 am tenby leisure centre grasshopper warbler reeling in the little marsh opposite the leisure centre car park early this morning still going as i left after my swim posted by richard ellis at 9 00 am sunday 26 april 2026 south hook the wild area behind south hook really comes alive in spring especially first thing in the morning with a wide variety of birds today it was good to watch this grasshopper warbler reeling away for several minutes overall i encountered about 30 species there and on my short walk up with whitethroats sedge warblers greenfinches and bullfinches among the other birds present posted by andy and helen bookless at 3 38 pm carew millpond as i got out of the car at 0930 in the n side car park a lesser whitethroat was rattling away in the bushes along the n side of the millpond he was working his way up and down and most uncharacteristically helpfully perched in full view in a tree he worked his way east up the road but an hour later when i returned he was back along the edge of the car park posted by richard ellis at 11 48 am carew mill from paul fraser a number of swallows arrived last week but house martins did not make an appearance until after we visited on tuesday of this week good numbers of house martins today about 20 birds but swallow numbers still low however a number were feeding low over the stream upstream of the carew road bridge posted by pembrokeshire birds at 10 41 am saturday 25 april 2026 lily ponds some reed warblers were in full voice this afternoon in reed bed at the broadhaven end of the ponds one species that i usually hear rather than see so did enjoy a brief glimpse through the reeds of one individual posted by caroline pickett at 9 19 pm castlemartin large scale exercise steve the manchester birder here i have just received this closure notification regarding the castlemartin range not sure if it will affect the monitoring of the guillemot colony on stack rocks it s also right in the middle of my next visit to your amazing county posted by pembrokeshire birds at 11 28 am swifts in newport 2 swifts over newport market street posted by clare ryland at 11 27 am great white egret from sandra young tretio near st david s airfield posted by pembrokeshire birds at 10 35 am cuckoos and lesser whitethroat highlights from a walk around nt castell this morning included 2 cuckoos and a lesser whitethroat calling from the scrub plenty of common whitethroat singing as well as chiffchaff and one willow warbler posted by clare ryland at 8 18 am friday 24 april 2026 skrinkle lydstep area this afternoon a fine breeding plumage adult hobby flew along the coast between skrinkle and lydstep late this afternoon heading swiftly towards penally kestrels are back in residence and hopefully will be breeding in the area the adult male was hunting over rough grassland near the youth hostel at least 2 pairs of starlings are breeding at manorbier range these appear to be part of a scattered breeding population between manorbier newton and tenby area posted by bob annie at 7 09 pm st david s airfield mid afternoon a great white egret on the north side of the airfield below waun llechell thick cover there so often hidden plenty of whitethroats about a few chiffchaffs and just one willow warbler heard posted by richard crossen at 6 09 pm st david s area from roger wilkonson a few bits and pieces from this week around st david s marsh harrier tefeiddan 2 swift garden warbler today 24th spotted flycatcher 23rd porth sele grasshopper warbler x several from 21st big push of wheatear 22nd peak whimbrel last few days can hear them off and on all the time at treleddyn lots of sand martins prospecting cliffs at whitesands negative news no purple sandpipers on ram s nose all winter for me also no cuckoos yet normally reliable here posted by pembrokeshire birds at 12 35 pm bittern at little haven delayed post found in spam interesting sighting at little haven by local resident on 16th april andy fryer posted by pembrokeshire birds at 9 22 am minwear thursday from sandy hill mid afternoon visit to minwear today from car park up to picnic site by the road produced plenty of chiffies chaffinch blue coal tit but no tree pipit or wood warbler crossing the road i heard a cuckoo there were plenty of willow warblers singing in sunshine nice views brief song from garden warbler as i arrived at block of sitka spruce with small flock of siskin also present re tracing my steps produced a brief tree pipit before i got back to picnic site visit capped off with beautiful male brimstone posted by brians at 6 37 am newgale sadly the small sand martin colony above the beach seems to have collapsed i saw no birds last year and none so far in 2026 small group of scoter flew over the welsh road heading out to sea where had they been grasshopper warbler in scrub behind welsh road near start of coast path to nolton haven posted by jon hudson at 6 08 am older posts home bird group events x twitter facebook newsletter island blogs skokholm ramsey skomer ringing teifi ringing group links websites archive archive may 2026 1 april 2026 69 march 2026 73 february 2026 55 january 2026 57 december 2025 67 november 2025 59 october 2025 83 september 2025 97 august 2025 80 july 2025 42 june 2025 41 may 2025 62 april 2025 71 march 2025 52 february 2025 46 january 2025 49 december 2024 71 november 2024 84 october 2024 77 september 2024 57 august 2024 52 july 2024 37 june 2024 38 may 2024 52 april 2024 55 march 2024 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