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pembrokeshire birds pages home about birding sites records reports avifauna weather tides contact tuesday 5 may 2026 lapwing brian thank you for your wonderful post i realise the odds are bad but there will be an awful lot of crossed fingers rooting for them rosemary posted by pembrokeshire birds at 10 29 am gann ht 5 5 good morning sadly my last report for a little while before heading home ht 43 oyc 9 whimbrel 7 dunlin 6 barwit 4 ringed plover singles shelduck and gadwall see you again in the autumn dan watson posted by pembrokeshire birds at 10 23 am monday 4 may 2026 lapwing breeding success marloes mere since late february early march after the main wintering flock had departed up to 3 lapwing have been present on and off around the mere not the easiest birds to seperate but from the views i had it looked like 2 male and a female on the 22 march a lone male was displaying and giving its evocative calls no female was obvious by the 3 april a female had turned up and more displaying occured on the 7 april another male arrived only one seemed territorial and continued to display chasing off any other birds inc a pair of ruff and a whimbrel as well as the more obvious dangers of crows and gulls the other always kept some distance between the pair the pair seemed to favour an area at the barb wire gate end among a raised patch of sedge on what was probably the former southside irrigation pond embankment on the 12 april the 3 lapwing were scattered and away from the usual spot and ominously an adult gbb was standing in the area the female had been frequenting 15 april no sign of the female both males visible one would often be out from the britton hide the newcomer was often on the grassy bank beneath the cottage or over by the oriole hide 23 april 2 males with the dominant bird chasing off a herring gull 28 april first visit when there had been no sign of any lapwing at all and i began to think any breeding attempt had failed today 4 may arriving early at 7am it was a relief to see the male was back and calling loudly and swooping around out from the britton hide a herring gull was chased off repeatedly and the female was also just out from the britton hide pecking around the first time i d seen her since the 12 april things were looking really promising i kept an eye on the female which wasn t easy as she was in the sedges and her lower half was mostly obscured but i persisted after a couple of false alarms when a dunlin and then a wood sandpiper pottered close by at 7 50am i noticed a little fluffy blob a couple of yards away from where the female was pecking around it could only be one thing a young lapwing likely less than a week old it soon disappeared amazing a sense of pride and emotion almost overwhelmed me what amazing birds back tonight for another look just the male present quietly sitting out from the britton hide fingers crossed and may the force be with them footnote the mere has been transformed in recent years thanks to the national trusts endeavours and pete and gina smithies at trehill farm great job dotterel still present 4 birds 2 male 2 female posted by brians at 8 32 pm dotterel west hook from dan watson just found this lovely male view from footpath only later reviewing images it appears that there are a minimum of two birds one male one female birds were present around 10am and still about when i checked again around 11 30 the birds are in the tilled field north of the road and immediately west of the public footpath please do not enter fields parking is probably best at martin s haven and walking back along the coastal path on the n side of the peninsula posted by pembrokeshire birds at 2 44 pm sunday 3 may 2026 waders the teifi by 8pm this evening the rising tide had pushed the small wader flock onto poppit beach 90 dunlin 15 ringed plover and a sanderling 5 sandwich tern were roosting on buoys off the saltnarsh earlier in the day 1 grey plover 2 whimbrel and a lingering curlew posted by richard dobbins at 8 32 pm curlew sandpiper newport the summer plumage curlew sandpiper now at newport today photos jonathon bissett also 2 sandwich terns posted by richard dobbins at 2 08 pm broad haven slash pond from alan seago warbler fest sunday morning blackcap chiffchaff cetti s garden warbler and lesser whitethroat mallard 2 canada geese and moorhen on the water posted by pembrokeshire birds at 11 46 am dale airfield and gann 3 5 26 from dan watson a few birds from this am gann 06 30 06 50 7 barwit 13 dunlin 2 ringed plover singles grey plover and greenshank dale airfield 07 00 09 10 7 whimbrel 4 wheatear singles barwit full summer plumage and moulting golden plover with injured l h leg posted by pembrokeshire birds at 11 13 am cuckoo calling in the woods behind the pump house at st brides yesterday evening posted by derek grimwood at 6 55 am saturday 2 may 2026 curlew sandpiper the teifi a summer plumage curlew sandpiper on the teifi this afternoon in one of the three mobile small wader flocks totals 12 whimbrel 60 dunlin and 15 ringed plover 7 sandwich terns flew in off the sea at 7pm on the high tide posted by richard dobbins at 8 46 pm haverfordwest caspian gull and food festival visitors a walk from town to uzmaston and back today was pretty quiet but on the way out a 50 gull roost of herring and lesser black back gulls had assembled at the swt outfall by lunchtime on the way back the numbers had increased to around 130 so worth a count and a closer look as often the case the count was disrupted by a different gull a subadult caspian gull showing many classic features and posing next to a herring gull for comparison a couple of great black back gulls also turned up later haverfordwest town was bustling with visitors to the food festival but all were apparently oblivious to a dipper feeding just across the river and feeding on a caddis larva and just 5m away a grey wagtail was hunting for food for the chick following on behind there was plenty more evidence of new spring life with a mallard and at least three small ducklings on merlin s brook and a pair of adult greylags with six small goslings north of the town a dead apparently blackbird chick was on the path beside bridge meadow trust playground apparently fallen out of the nest as a reminder that they don t all make it posted by andy sims at 6 49 pm the gann from dan watson quick update from the ht roost at the gann this morning 23 dunlin 7 each of whimbrel and ringed plover 5 bar tailed godwit singles curlew sandpiper common sandpiper grey plover greenshank and red throated diver a couple of images of the curlew sandpiper attached posted by pembrokeshire birds at 12 48 pm broad haven slash pond lesser whitethroat singing from the blackthorn bushes this evening also plenty of chiffchaff and blackcap around and a male singing siskin alan seago posted by pembrokeshire birds at 12 45 pm minwear south hook a minimum of four tree pipits were singing and displaying in minwear woods this morning three in a large clearing and a further one near the picnic area adjacent to the road i also encountered at least three marsh tits in the woods near the clearing and there were a good number of willow warblers and blackcaps along with mistle thrushes coal tits and various other birds yesterday at south hook it was good to hear a singing lesser whitethroat posted by andy and helen bookless at 11 10 am friday 1 may 2026 skokholm the lapwings have a chick the first to be seen in pembrokeshire since 2014 posted by skokholm island at 10 17 pm 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 newer posts 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 16 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 59 february 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