Teifi Birding and Wildlife

Has the Osprey gone? No reports on Sunday or today the 31st from its usual feeding and perching spots around the Teifi on a day of torrential rain and rainbows. During the few weeks that the Osprey has been around, its fishing skills have increased. There are a lot of Mullet in the estuary at the moment and it has been seen with these as well as Sewin (Sea Trout) and flat fish. Osprey - Sid Simmons Osprey - Sid Simmons Two  Ospreys were seen on the 23rd and 24th. The 2nd one was distinctive with a much whiter breast The 2nd Osprey - Karen Leah Other raptors have been seen by photographers while watching the Osprey including a Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine and Merlin  A young Peregrine - Tommy Evans A Great Egret was seen on the 10th, and of interest was the 6 Great Egrets which flew along the north Pembs coast, seen near Moylegrove and the presumed same 6 birds seen on the Dyfi estuary on the 20th. This morning - the 31st nice to pick up a female Red-breasted Merganser from St

October started with the Osprey still at St Dogmaels and improving its fishing. It was seen again on Sunday 9th fishing over Patch then in a tree eating a fish opposite The Moorings. Assuming it is the same Osprey , it will have been around the Teifi for 4 weeks.  Small waders and Oystercatchers are easy to see at high tide on Pen yr Ergyd at Patch.  The Wetland Bird survey count was on the 9th. Starting on Patch at high tide, a  Grey Plover and a Curlew Sandpiper were with 76  Dunlin, 24 Ringed Plover and 67 Oystercatchers. Grey Plover Later in the morning, Jon Green found 2 Pintail with the Wigeon and Canada Geese. Wigeon numbers are increasing, now 60. The Coot and the lone Black-tailed Godwit are still on Mallard pond. Black-tailed Godwit - Karen Leah A drake Mandarin first seen at Netpool, St Dogmaels on the 1st has now moved upriver to the Teifi Marshes, it was seen from the river viewpoint on the 9th. Mandarin - Tommy Evans On the 2nd October, a  Firecrest was ringed on