Sightings - Llanelli
Recent Sightings (7th-9th Mar)
Snipe. Russ Myners British Steel Hide One Ruff, 2 Spoonbill and Spotted Redshank have been seen out on the saline lagoons recently. Also counts include 223 Black-Tailed Godwit, 33 Dunlin, 25 Lapwing, 14 Knot, 1
9 March 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-7th March)
British Steel Hide Recent wader counts from the steel hide have included 2 Spotted Redshanks (7th), 25 Lapwing, 507 Dunlin, 56 Curlew, 24 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 133 Black-tailed Godwits and 27 Knot. 2 Spoonbills were still viewable from the hide on the 6
7 March 2018
Recent Sightings (28th Feb-2nd March)
Male Pintail. Russ Myners British Steel Hide As we saw the first day of the meteorological spring drift by with a snow flurry, we have also seen the freezing of the saline lagoons! However, much bird activit
2 March 2018
Recent Sightings (24th-27th Feb)
British Steel Hide Highlights from the British Steel Hide include 2 Spoonbills (27th), a Great White Egret (25th), a Spotted Redshank (25th) and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull roosted on the lagoons on the 26th. Flocks of Black-tailed Godwits, Lapwing a
27 February 2018
Recent Sightings (21st-23rd Feb)
British Steel Hide Highlights from the hide from the past few days include a Water Pipit (22nd) , a Spotted Redshank (22nd) , a Great White Egret (21st) , 2 Merlins (22nd), 2 Spoonbills (23rd) , a good count of 12 Great Crested Grebes (21st), 3 Red-breast
23 February 2018
Recent Sightings (evening of the 16th-20th Feb)
British Steel Hide Our monthly WeBS count took place on the 19th, and a good array of birds were counted as the tide was around7.7 metres high. Wader counts from both the WeBS and the weekend included 282 Lapwing, 477 Black-tailed Godwits, 241 Curlew,
20 February 2018
Recent Sightings (14th-16th Jan)
Little Grebe. Russ Myners Millenium Wetlands Eight snipe were spotted amongst the vegetation and scrapes on Deep Water Lake, as well as 23 Teal, 38 Tufted Ducks, 7 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 8 Pochard,8 Cormorant and the Ring Neck Duck. Other wa
16 February 2018
Recent Sightings (9th-13th Jan)
Redwing. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Lots of activity on the reserve including a Sparrowhawk and Buzzard, vocal Cetti's Warbler (2) and Song Thrush (3), as well as 8 Redwing, 7 Water Rail, 1 drumming Great
13 February 2018
Recent Sightings (7th-9th Jan)
Great White Egret, Russ Myners. British Steel Hide Three Red Kites have been over the reserve this week, other raptors include a Sparrowhawk and 2 Buzzards. On the Wildfowl front, there were counts of 20 Greyl
9 February 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-6th Feb)
British Steel Hide A nice selection of birds have been seen from the hide over the past few days including a Water Pipit on the 4th, a Great White Egret (up until the 6th), the Spoonbill (up until the 6th) a Merlin and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull (on
6 February 2018
Recent Sightings (31st Jan-2nd Feb)
British Steel Hide Some nice early morning high tides pushed good numbers of waders onto the lagoons, including c.500 Dunlin, c.650 Black-tailed Godwits, c.150 Redshank, 20 Knot, c.250 Curlew, 53 Lapwing and 1 Spotted Redshank (on the 2nd). Wildfowl ha
2 February 2018
Recent Sightings (26th-30th Jan)
Otter - Russ Myners. Seen on 30th Jan. British Steel Hide A count carried out on 29th showed a good number of birds using the estuary mudflats and saltmarsh including 346 Brent Geese, including 2 using the saline lagoons on the reserve, c.4
30 January 2018
Recent Sightings (20th-23rd Jan)
British Steel Hide Many wildfowl could be seen out on the estuary including 140 Teal, 9 Shoveler, 2 Red-Breasted Merganser and 4 Brent Geese. Further inland on the Dafen Scrapes, some nice close up sightings of 17 Black-tailed godwit as well as 9
23 January 2018
Recent Sightings (17th-19th Jan)
British Steel Hide Some early high tides have brought in a nice selection of waders onto the saline lagoons. Waders have included 649 Dunlin, 368 Curlew, 409 Black-tailed Godwits, 11 Knot, 15 Redshank, 15 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 1 Grey Plover, 4
19 January 2018
Recent Sightings (13th-16th Jan)
British Steel Hide The 2 Spoonbill have still been using the saline lagoons, as well as counts of 207 Wigeon, 3 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck. Wader numbers include 78 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 8 Redshank and Spotted Redshank, as well as 78 Lapwing, a Reed Bunting
16 January 2018