Visit to Newport Wetlands, Thurs 20th November

We had a great trip to the wetlands. The Starlings were murmurating in their thousands, sometimes in large groups, sometimes in smaller groups but all in all the display lasted 50 minutes in total. It was well worth the trip down to the coast.

Birds Seen:

  • Little Owl
  • Pheasant
  • Blackbird
  • Herring Gulls
  • Black Headed Gulls
  • Starlings
  • Sparrow Hawk
  • Marsh Harrier
  • Sparrow
  • Canada Geese ( two skeins of geese totalling about a hundred birds )

Birds Heard but not seen:

  • Blue Tit
  • Cettis Warbler
Pheasant : Photo by Jack Seeds on Unsplash
Marsh Harrier. Photo by Paul Kelly on Unsplash
Gilwern, Monmouthshire