Richard Dann

Weekly birding round-up: 14 - 20 Nov

Although a cold snap brought snow to many many parts of the UK Autumn wasn't quite done, as it produced an arrival of Hume's Warblers along the east coast.

Jon Dunn reports www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...

Some more pictures of this morning’s #BarredWarbler which was caught in the garden here on Pennard Cliffs, Gower.
A smart juvenile bird with a healthy amount of fat. #BirdRinging @gowerbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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juvenile #BarredWarbler caught and ringed by myself this morning on Pennard Cliffs, Gower Peninsular. #GowerBirds

Great to catch another #Firecrest yesterday amongst a nice selection of autumn species during a garden ringing session. The 6th #Treecreeper of the year was particularly notable for the site, I’m usually lucky if I get 1 here per year! #birdringing #GowerBirds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

#SiberianChiffchaff caught in the garden on Pennard Cliffs this morning, the first since 2023. It also happened to be the 300th chiff of the year ringed here. #BirdRinging #GowerBirds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

…of course #RedBreastedFlycatcher was the star bird, #SardinianWarbler #CommonRedstart & a late #PiedFlycaycher were other species to feature in our catches. #BirdRinging #GibraltarBirds 2/2

#BlackRedstart #DartfordWarbler #CragMartin #Serin …some of the wonderful birds we ringed in Gibraltar @gonhsgib bird observatory last week #birdringing #GibraltarBirds 1/2

Excellent!

Appears to be AVD, an adult female bird ringed on 24 June last year

A summary of the ringing year to date of the Gower Ringing Group #GowerBirds www.gowerbirds.org.uk/2025-the-yea...

Great image!

In mist nets, stretched between 2 poles, set up in the garden

I also thought that Bernie

I had a new species for the garden today with this juvenile Common Redstart. It’s a very scarce species locally and was a nice surprise. Hopefully a pair are nesting not too far away!
Species 68 on the garden ringing list #BirdRinging #Redstart #GowerBirds

Report received of a Chiffchaff controlled in my garden-

Age 4 male Chiffchaff
Ringed - 9 April 2025
Bryyncroes, Gwynedd, UK

recaptured - 1 May 2025
Southgate, Gower, UK

22 days later
Distance 145 km SSE

#BirdRinging #chiffchaff #GowerBirds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

Control of a Starling in my garden

Age 3 Starling
Ringed 31 May 2023
Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees, UK

Recaptured 16 May 2025
Southgate, Gower Peninsula, UK

716 days later, 375km SSW

#BirdRinging #starling #GowerBirds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

#LimeHawkMoth and #PrivetHawkMoth from the moth trap in the garden last night. #moths #hawkmoths

#RingNeckedParakeet flying through my garden on Pennard Cliffs just now, a garden first!🦜 #GowerBirds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

A #Cuckoo caught in my garden on Pennard Cliffs became the 67 species for the garden ringing list this evening. There’s been at least one vocal individual along the cliffs here for the last 24 hours. #GowerBirds

13 Whimbrel spotted flying eastwards along Pennard Cliffs today. Also seen were Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, plenty of Whitethroats and a male Cuckoo that dropped into the garden this evening. #GowerBirds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

First #Wheatear of the year for me seen this morning on Cefn Bryn, Gower. Yellowhammer, Stonechat, Skylark, Meadow Pipit & Linnet also about. #GowerBirds

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Green Woodpecker have been very noticeably present on Pennard Cliffs over the winter. This smart female bird is the first one to be caught & ringed in the garden this year. #GreenWoodpecker #BirdRinging #GowerBirds

BBZ was seen feeding in my garden earlier this morning.
Thanks for your sighting and great image!

Wow!

The first fledgling I’ve sighted for 2025 is this #CollaredDove ,fresh from the nest in the garden in southern Cornwall. #CornwallBirds #fledgling

Fantastic!

Thanks for the sightings Alun. The distinctive white wing feather on AAV is a great aid to identification

I’m just very fortunate with the position of my garden, adjoining open fields and clifftop scrub.😅

South Gower coast facing across to Exmoor and Lundy