It has been a good week for raptor sightings. A Peregrine has been hunting over the reserve frequently and sat in front of the Carneddau hide on the weekend. The male Kestrel is still about, roaming around the reserve. A female Sparrowhawk has been seen chasing the Starlings in the evening roost and circling high over the reserve in the day. Buzzards are showing more frequently, displaying over the nearby woods. 4 Ravens have been calling over the reserve.
A pair of Chough flew over the coffee shop on the 21st, possibly the same pair as a few weeks ago.
Waterfowl numbers dropped this week. A Greylag Goose dropped in with the Canada Geese on the 17th.
A Water Rail has again been showing well from the coffee shop.
Wader numbers are still good with high counts being a Knot, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Ringed Plovers and 65 Dunlin.
2 Rock Pipits were on the estuary on the 17th. One was of the Scandinavian subspecies ‘Littoralis’ different from the one two weeks ago. A male Linnet was on the estuary with it. A Lesser Redpoll was still in the wildlife garden with the Siskins.