Teifi Birding and Wildlife

The highlight of the last couple of weeks was a Great Egret  which briefly dropped into Mallard Pond on the 25th April Great Egret - Diane Williams The second half of April started well with the recording of some more passage migrants on the 14th. Down at the estuary the first Whimbrel was calling, a Sandwich Tern flew into the estuary briefly and 2 Common Terns were feeding in the strong wind off Patch. 17th April.. the most interesting species was a Grey Plover with the high tide roost on Patch. Found just before the shingle spit covered and it flew over to Poppit. It was with 1 Whimbrel , 32 Ringed Plover and 8 Dunlin . Patch just being covered by the high tide 20th April, on a chilly, windy morning there was a noticeable increase in the number of  migrant  Sedge Warbler s singing and flying around the reeds allowing some excellent photos. Most of these will be just be resting and feeding before continuing their migration. Sedge Warbler - Diane Williams 21st Apri...

A walk on the Teifi Marshes at dawn in April is always filled with hope as to what new species might have arrived overnight 5th April - a 2 hour walk around the reserve resulted in 34 species. Migrants included 12 Willow Warblers , 11 Chiffchaffs and 3 Blackcaps singing. At the river viewpoint it was unusual to see several Goosanders in April..a pair and separately, 4 adult females. Teal numbers are going down as they head off to breed. 7th April - An Osprey was fishing on the river in front of Curlew hide (Catrin Williams) The 8th April was a day of arrivals -Tommy and Jen managed to photograph the Osprey and it turns out to be Blue 7H6, the Scottish ringed bird from 2022.  It is also a very familiar Osprey to the Teifi having been seen here in June 2024 , Aug 2024 and September 2025.  Osprey - Tommy Evans The first Sedge Warbler was heard on the Teifi Marshes (Catrin again). In the evening, Tommy photographed 2 Little Ringed Plovers  from Curlew hide.  Litt...

The American Wigeon first found on the 15th Feb was present for most of March usually feeding off Patch at low tide or from the Coronation Drive railings. It was last seen on the 20th March.  American Wigeon - Tommy Evans 28th Feb,  4 Stonechat around Mallard hide, 3 Chiffchaff near river view point and 3 Sand Martins over Marshes. The Cattle Egret  was with ponies in fields opposite Parc Teifi Industrial Park with 4 Little Egrets, and present into March, last seen on the 23rd. 1st March,  a singing Blackcap heralded in St David's Day... 4th March, a  Wheatear  was in fields beyond Cliff Hotel and a Swallow over the river through the Teifi Marshes. The previous evening there were 23  Sand Martins. 10th March, 50+ Sand Martins passed through the Marshes (Jon Green )  A good  - " almost daylight" sighting on the 11th of a  Barn Owl hunting over Mallard and Creek at 18.15. 20th March, a drake Mandarin   on  Kingfisher p...