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Here’s the recent sightings from last week. 69 bird species and 2 others! Avocet, Bearded tit, Black tailed godwit, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Canada goose + 6 goslings, Cetti's warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coot, Cormorant, Cuckoo, Curlew, Dunlin, Goldcrest , Goldfinch...

Avocet, Bearded tit, Black tailed godwit, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue tit, Canada goose, Cetti's warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common gull, Coot, Cormorant, Cuckoo, Curlew, Dunlin, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Grasshopper warbler, Great crested grebe, Great tit, Greenfinch, Grey heron, Herring gull, Hobby...

Here's the weekly sightings: Avocet, Bar tailed godwit, Bearded tit, Black tailed godwit, Blackcap, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada goose, Cetti's warbler, Chiffchaff, Common sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Cuckoo, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Goosander , Grasshopper warbler...

Here’s the weekly sightings: Avocet, Bar tailed godwit, Bearded tit, Black cap, Black tailed godwit, Black winged stilt , Blackbird, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Cetti's warbler, Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Common sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Cuckoo , Curlew, Gadwall...

Weekly sightings 15 to 21/04/13 Here’s the weekly sightings: Bearded tit, Blackcap, Blue tit, Buzzard, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Cetti's warbler, Chiffchaff, Common tern, Coot, Curlew, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Grasshopper warbler, Great crested grebe, Great spotted woodpecker...

It definitely feels like spring has arrived here at Newport Wetlands, at last! You can tell just from looking at the recent sightings from last week really, with spring migrants being seen and heard all over the place ( reed warbler , chiffchaff , willow warbler and blackcap to name a few), the first...

Here’s the weekly sightings: Bearded tit, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Canada goose, Cetti's warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coot, Curlew, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great crested grebe, Great spotted woodpecker, Great tit, Greenfinch, House martin, Kestrel, Kingfisher...

Here’s the weekly sightings for the 18 th to 24 th March. Bearded tit, Black headed gull, Blackbird, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Cetti's warbler, Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great crested grebe, Great...

Hi all, here’s the recent sightings list for Newport Wetlands over the last week. Bearded tit, Black headed gull, Blackbird, Blue tit, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Cettis warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch...

Hi all, here’s the recent sightings list for Newport Wetlands over the last week. Bar-headed goose, Bearded tit, Black cap, Blackbird, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Canada goose, Cettis warbler, Chaffinch, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldcrest,Goldeneye, Goldfinch, Great crested...

What an exciting day we’ve had here at Newport Wetlands! Although it has been fairly quiet here due to the miserable weather we had a very interesting visitor in the form of Mike from City Wildlife Care, who kindly came in to explain why he was here. For those of you who don’t know, City...

Hi all, here’s the recent sightings list for Newport Wetlands over the last week. Black headed gull, Blackbird, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Cettis warbler, Chaffinch, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great crested...

Hi all, here’s the recent sightings list for Newport Wetlands over the last week. Avocet (at Uskmouth), Bar tailed godwit, Bearded tit, Black headed gull, Black tailed godwit, Blackbird, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Cetti's warbler, Chaffinch, Common redshank...

Here's the list of birds seen last week: Bearded tit, Blue tit, Buzzard, Carrion crow, Chaffinch, Common sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great tit, Greenfinch, Grey heron, Grey plover...

I'm sure all of you are avid watchers of BBC Countryfile already, but for the one or two of you who perhaps haven't watched it in the past, here's a reason to do so! On this Sunday's episode, Dr Sean Christian, RSPB Cymru Head of Conservation, will be discussing the RSPB's position...

Hi all, here’s the list of sightings from last week (28 th January to 3 rd February): Main trails birds: Avocet, Bearded tit, Blue tit, Buzzard, Canada goose, Carrion crow, Coot, Curlew, Dunlin, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great crested grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great tit, Greenfinch...

So with Big Garden Birdwatch in mind and the recent freezing conditions meaning that our garden birds will be relying on us more than usual we thought we would do a blog about feeding birds, answering some of those commonly asked questions and some hints and tips. In Britain a birds energy requirement...

Hi all, here’s the list of sightings from last week (14 th January to 20 th January): Apologies for the lack of sightings posts over the last few weeks but what with holidays and weather we've been all over the place! From now Monday's weekly sightings will be resumed! Main trails...

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Hi all, Last week’s sightings: Bearded tit, Black headed gull, Black tailed godwit, Blackbird, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Carrion crow, Cetti’s warbler, Chaffinch, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great spotted woodpecker, Green woodpecker...

Many of you may already know at this time of year Newport Wetlands gets very good numbers of waders and ducks that migrate here for the winter, but hopefully there may also be some information that you didn’t know: The name Lapwing is thought to have come from an old English word ‘hleapewince’...

Hi all, here’s the list of sightings from last week (26 th November to 2 nd December): Main trails birds: Bearded tit, Blackbird, Blue tit, Buzzard, Cetti's warbler, Chaffinch, Coal tit, Coot, Curlew, Fieldfare, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great tit, Green woodpecker...

There have been some fantastic photos posted up on the Newport Wetlands forum, and some others just as great that we have been lucky enough to have been shown in the visitor centre. Myself and Lisa are putting out an appeal to see if any of you would be happy to submit photos to us that you have taken...

Hi all! Lisa is doing a great job so far of blogging about any key happenings in the week but we will also do our best to post a weekly sightings list. This will then make sure that we aren’t missing out on some key species to our area that might not have an individual blog but are just as exciting...

Hi everyone! After a long wait, the Newport Wetlands blog is back. Jenna and I will be keeping you updated with reserve news and recent sightings. There’s been a lot of raptor activity recently, with a sparrowhawk , a kestrel , and a green-tagged marsh harrier being spotted regularly over the...