Birdwatcher, living in Gwent originally from Essex. mainly post my birding exploits with the odd exception. -I try not to follow the crowds and find my own ๐ฆ's
Having missed the Hudsonian Godwit yesterday evening it was great to see her this morning. Harsh light and heat haze were an issue but managed a few OK shots.
@Stef123steve It's crazy what goes on out there sometimes.
-There was something seen last week that they thought was a Harbour Porpoise, but I wonder if it wasn't this Common Dolphin as, tbh I thought it looked small and thought it was going to be a Porpoise.
@grahamh941 Awesome ๐ I don't live in Caerleon, but I overlook it from St Julians and spend a lot of time birding around both Caerleon and St Julians. I'm in a unique and very fortunate position to have some really nice wildlife on my doorstep.
Newport: Caerleon flood - 2 Oystercatchers (new in), the water is now dropping rapidly. I'm not sure if we will get much more than a week before it's all gone, so here's hoping for some last-minute waders, I still need Wood Sand, which should love the flood. ๐ #gwentbirds
Newport: Caerleon flood- Oystercatcher 1 just flown in and landed. This is the first diurnal sighting this year, with all the others being birds calling at night as they go over. #gwentbirds
Eastern Olivaceous Warblers are only just making landfall in our part of Athens, I literally love patching it aboard. Yesterday, we had Red-footed Falcons (2 male, 2 female) and Goldern Orioles (1 male and 1 female) in our temporary local patch. Of the Old Quarry.
Me and Kate were very happy to get a Black-eared Wheatear and a Chukar hanging out together in our little quarry in Athens today (see pic).
Also, seen was Red Rumped Swallow, Alpine & Palid Swifts Woodchat Shrike, Hoopoe, Turtle Dove, Sardinian Warblers, and a while lot more.
Newport: Caerleon flood- 1 Greenshank, and 1st linnet of the year for patch.
Last year was great for Greenshank sighting here. This year is shaping up to be even better.
##gwentbirds
Highly impressed with a sound recording App - linked below (it doesn't ID birds just records sound). It's called Song Meter touch. It provides an excellent sonogram that you can scroll and zoom in and out of, plus a 3 sec pre record plus it plays Wav files https://t.co/vfACrxJ1WG