Bernie Beck
@berniebeck
A passion for birding with a little painting and sketching
WWT this morning Wood Sand 1,Spotshank 1,Redshank 136,Greenshank 35,Green Sand 1,Dunlin 7,Lapwing 15,Common Sand 1,Blackwit c600, GW Egret 2 and a Goshawk #birdingwales
Pembrey Harbour early afternoon Sandwich Tern 38,Med Gull 2 and Greenfinch 15
WWT Llanelli this morning Wood Sand 1,Green Sand 1,Redshank 168,Greenshank 32,Blackwit c600,Dunlin 16,Spotted Redshank 1, and Lapwing 17
Kidwelly Quay early morning Ruff 1,Common Sand 2,Ringed Plover 1,Curlew 13,Whimbrel 6,Dunlin 1,Redshank 254,Greenshank 5,Black headed Gull with Polish ring and a Hobby Flew through
Kidwelly Quay tonight Redshank 268,Greenshank 5,Curlew 126,Whimbrel 4 and a Glossy Ibis flew over heading to Banc-y-Lord
WWT Llanelli this morning Blackwit c450,Redshank 231,Greenshank 27,Spotted Redshank 1,Knot 4,Dunlin 96,Lapwing 38,Green Sand 1,Common Gull 1 then along came a Peregrine and scattered the lot #birdingwales
Kidwelly Quay early morning Common Sand 3,Redshank 145,Greenshank 6,Curlew 17,Whimbrel 9,Dunlin 2,Common Gull 5 and a juv Yellow legged Gull
Pembrey Harbour tonight Med Gull 5,Common Gull 7,Dunlin 18,Ringed Plover 6,Sanderling 10 and Swift 24
Kidwelly early evening Whimbrel 4,Curlew 27,Redshank 219,Greenshank 18,Common Sand 2 a and Dunlin 1 #birdingwales
WWT this morning Wood Sand 1,Green Sand 1,Blackwit c800,Redshank 247,Greenshank 51,Spotted Redshank 1,Knot8,Dunlin 135,Lapwing 32,Curlew 1 and a juv Goshawk chasing a Lapwing #birdingwales
Pembrey Harbour tonight Med Gull 121,Common Gull 3,Sandwich Tern 46,Whimbrel 1,Curlew 3,Ringed Plover 1 and Sanderling 2
Pembrey Harbour tonight My first Common Tern of the year,Sandwich Tern c75,Med Gull 6,Ringed Plover 1 and Whimbrel 1
Started off this morning with a juv Garganey at WWT Llanelli finished late afternoon with the Gloucestershire Long tailed Shrike
Med Gulls have started the summer build up a little earlier than usual with 129 at Pembrey Harbour and 8 Sandwich Tern tonight,Privet Hawkmoth from WWT trap this morning #birdingwales
At last a few waders at WWT Llanelli today Spotted Redshank 1,Greenshank 2,Redshank 24,Knot 48,Green Sandpiper 1, Blackwit c400 and Lapwing 14
A trip up to Foryd Bay midday to see this Western Reef Heron a first for Britain,showed well late afternoon early evening #birdingwales
A wet Pembrey Harbour this morning Whimbrel 3,Barwit 19,Dunlin 44,Ringed Plover 37, Sanderling 31,Gannet 2 No sign of last night's Curlew Sandpiper
After a fantastic birding trip it's now back to the "bread and butter " of local birding, Pembrey Harbour this morning
So final days birding today provided Bimaculated Lark and Radde's Accentor, also more Red throated Robins,Rock Thrushes, Short toed,Crested,Wood,Sky and Horned Larks bringing to an end a remarkable trip in which I had 30 Lifers,and some great birds
Tue 13 May Fish Ponds,a day to add species to the trip list gave me 3 Lifers White headed Duck, Spur winged Plover and Turkestan Short toed Lark,plus great views of fantastic birds,B-c Bee-eaters,White tailed Lapwing
Another belting day,05.00 start Caspian Snowcock, Finsch Wheatear, Menetries Warbler,Desert Finch and Grey necked Bunting,Rufous bushchat,etc etc
What a day Crimson winged Finch, White winged Snowfinch, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Upchers Warbler and White throated Robin all ticked today
Out for 05.30 Caucasian Snowcock 2,Caucasian Grouse 3,Great Rosefinch 20+,max 37,Mountain Chiffchaff 1, white winged Redstart 8, Griffon and Bearded Vultures,Red fronted Serins
Great first day in Georgia some highlights white winged Redstarts c17,Steppe Eagle 3,Booted Eagle 2,Golden Eagle 1 L Spotted Eagle 1,Levant Sparrowhawk 5+,Caucasian Snowcock and Black Grouse photo left and Green Warbler 2 and a few Alpine Chough
A nice red Barwit down Pembrey Harbour this morning, off to Georgia and Armenia today so hopefully will connect with some othe birds wearing red
Found this Yank Wigeon this morning on the Dafen Scrapes almost exactly 40 years (May 1986) since finding my first a pair at Teesmouth #birdingwales
Pembrey Harbour early morning Wheatear 1,Little Tern 1,Sandwich Tern 3,Barwit 29,Whimbrel 3,Dunlin 28,Ringed Plover 18,Guillemot 1 and Gannet 1 #birdingwales