Sightings - Llanelli
Recent Sightings (21st-25th)
Female Shoveler. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Deep Water Lake is a great place to see birds with recent counts of 41 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 8 Gadwall, Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 Shoveler and 4 Greylag Geese and 2 G
25 July 2018
Recent Sightings (18th-20th July)
Millennium Wetlands The juvenile Goshawk was seen again on the 18th near the new viewing screen. On Deep Water Lake counts include c.100 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 45 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 1 Moorhen, 5 Little Grebe and 4 Coot and a Mediterranean Gull.
20 July 2018
Recent Sightings (14th-17th July)
British Steel Hide A nice set of high tides during the past couple of mornings have pushed good numbers of birds up onto the saline lagoons. An adult Spotted Redshank was joined by 52 Greenshank, 620 Curlew, 9 Whimbrel, 7 Dunlin, 119 Redshank and c.40
17 July 2018
Recent Sightings (7th-13th July)
Swans and their Cygnets Millennium Wetlands This week saw a duck count on the Millennium Wetlands to be 8 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 21 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck and 3 Shelduck. Also on the water has been 3 Little Egret, 5 Litt
13 July 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-6th July)
Millennium Wetlands A count from Deep Water Lake, included 303 Black-Tailed Godwit, along with 17 Gadwall, 18 Mallard, 16 Cormorant and 4 Little Grebe. One Moorhen and a family of Coot were seen from the Heron Wing Hide, there was also two brood
6 July 2018
Recent Sightings (30th-3rd July)
Millennium Wetlands A family of Lesser Whitethroat and Great Spotted Woodpecker were seen on the 2nd, along with several juvenile Reed Warbler, Goldfinch, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper and Blackcap on the 3rd. Official counts include 9 Goldfinch, 5 Ch
3 July 2018
Recent Sightings (27th-20th June)
Millennium Wetlands Ducklings galore at the moment! With broods of Pochard, Gadwall, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck and Mallard all being seen on Deep Water Lake alongside the Black-Headed Gull chicks. A Mediterranean Gull was seen this week. Also Cormorants
29 June 2018
Recent Sightings (23rd-26th June)
British Steel Hide Unfortunately the high tide times have been outside of opening hours recently. But the post-breeding flocks of Gulls are fairly numerous no matter what state the tide is in. There have been 600-700 Black-headed Gulls roosting on both
26 June 2018
Recent Sightings (20th-22nd June)
British Steel Hide The highlight of the past couple of days has been 9 newly fledged Lapwing in amongst the post-breeding flock. This is fantastic news for our Lapwings. A rather pale Peregrine has been seen from the hide in recent days, and has been atta
22 June 2018
Recent Sightings (16th-19th June)
Male Reed Bunting with food, Russ Myners. Millennium Wetlands Lots to see this week around the reserve. Keep a particular eye out for newly fledged or semi-fledged birds, including Reed Warblers, Blue-tits, Ree
19 June 2018
Recent Sightings (13th-15th June)
British Steel Hide An adult Curlew Sandpiper was on the lagoons on the 15th, as well as 5 Whimbrel, 96 Curlew, 11 Lapwing, 18 Redshank and 3 Black-tailed Godwits. 2 Spoonbills were still present, as well as 5 Mediterranean Gulls in amongst 165 Black-heade
15 June 2018
Recent Sightings (9th-12th June)
Sightings 2 Spoonbills are still viewable from the British Steel Hide (12th), as well as 11 Redshank, 17 Lapwing (including a juvenile), 2 Mute Swans, 2 Linnets and a Buzzard. The upcoming high tides are going to replenish the saline lagoons very low wa
12 June 2018
Recent Sightings (6th-8th June)
Black Headed Gull with Chicks. British Steel Hide Recently 16 Lapwing have been seen on the NRA Scrapes, along with 2 others near the saline lagoon, with 1 of these individuals being a successful fledgling from our br
8 June 2018
Recent Sightings (2nd-5th June)
Birds from the Reserve Recent sightings from the reserve have included 3 Spoonbills (5th June), a pair of Teal, a Wigeon, a pair of Shoveler, 4 Little Egrets and 5 Redshank from the British Steel Hide. Up to 300 Black-tailed Godwits are still regularly
5 June 2018
Recent Sightings (30th May-1st June)
A few notable sightings from the reserve during the past few days. 3 Spoonbills are still viewable from the British Steel Hide (1st June). Lesser Whitethroats have bred on the reserve with adults seen feeding recently fledged young near Hopkin's Folly. A
1 June 2018