Teifi Birding and Wildlife

With the strong winds bringing seabirds closer to the shore, attention of some birders turns to the sea at this time of year. Joshua Brown visited Mwnt on the 11th and in 3 hours recorded a wide range of species including a Leach's Storm Petrel , 2 Sooty Shearwater , 2 Sabine's Gulls , 106 Kittiwake , 32 Manx Shearwater and a selection of Terns 3 Arctic , 5 Common and 2 Sandwich. On the 14th, a big Thresher Shark was seen (around 12ft) between Mwnt and Pen Peles from a Bay to Remember boat (Maddie Barber). Possibly seen again on the 15th, east of Cardigan Island. On the 13th, Joshua Brown watched and heard 3 Yellow Wagtail s fly from Patch towards Poppit. These are the only ones seen in the area this year.  On the 21st, 3 Great White Egret s landed on Teifi Marshes but didn't stay long. There are an increasing number of sightings of this species in West Wales now. On the same day, 24 were counted in the north of the county at Ynyshir, previous high counts had all been s...

With the blog authors away for the start of September, we are grateful for other's sightings to be able to compile a round up of the last couple of weeks. The most notable sighting was at sea. Paul Taylor photographed a pod of 6 Risso's Dolphins during a Dolphin watch at Mwnt on the 3rd September. Also seen from the Bay Explorer on the 7th September when at least 10 were recorded in the bay off the Teifi.. Also from the boat, on the 26th August an Arctic Skua was seen between Cardigan Island and Mwnt.  Risso's Dolphin - Paul Taylor Coot are infrequent visitors to the Teifi Marshes so news of one on the 4th September from Karen was welcome.  Coot at Mallard pond - Karen Leah It was still on Mallard pond on the 9th Up to three  Greenshank are being recorded daily, mostly from Curlew or Creek hides. Snipe are also being seen here and flying over the marshes especially at high tide when they are pushed off the river. Greenshank and Snipe - Karen Leah A Great Crested Grebe...