Spoonbill - 2007 onwards

Platalea leucorodia       Scarce visitor. 

Summary of previous records in Spoonbill - 2011

2007 - A colour-ringed immature was on the Teifi Estuary 26-30 April.  In December there was a small influx, with a colour-ringed juvenile (ringed in Holland) on the Teifi Est 26-28 Dec, an adult at 'The Point' Angle Bay on 28 Dec, and two nearby at Bentlass on the 29th.  (Also - July, 1 Pembroke Upper Millpond JH - blog)

Teifi immature bird:

- left leg, green ring with B1 in black above a metal ring.  Right leg, dark blue ring with B1 in yellow.

ringed as a nestling Lauwersmeer NL 08/06/2005

seen: Ile de Sein, Finistere F 05/10/2005

seen: Scilly Islands GB 07/10/2005-08/10/2005

seen: Scilly Islands GB 19/04/2006-11/10/2006

seen: Teifi Est. Wales GB 26/04/2007 - 30/04/2007 at least.

Therefore the bird is a 2nd summer. Details from Richard Dobbins on the sightings blog

2008 - 1st year at the Teifi Est 1-5 Jan, it then moved to the Nevern where it was present until the 16 Jan.  An adult at St Davids on 28 July, then another or possibly the same adult at the Gann from 17 - 26 Sept.

2009 - Skomer had 2 birds fly over on 23 May and 9 June and later in the year two were present on the Pembroke river on the Pennar side on 28 Dec, but only one was left by the 31st.  Otherwise records of single birds: in the Lawrenny/West Williamston area from 12-14 Jan, Marloes Mere 10 May, and Nevern Estuary from 15 Oct until 4 Nov.

2010 - An adult & a juv. were present on the Pembroke River from 10th to 17th Jan.

2012 - Single birds observed: flying over Ramsey Sound on 26th Mar (MB), another flew over West Angle on 26th Aug (DJA) and at Sandy Haven on 30th Sept (DP).

2013 - One in the Marloes / Skomer / Skokholm area 19th – 21st May, another over Skokholm on 7th Aug.

2016 - The only record is of a bird seen in flight at Newport on 6th Aug

2017 - The only records were of five (two of which were colour-ringed, but not from Holland) that flew into the Teifi Estuary, fed, then flew upstream on 24th Sept and of singles on Skomer on 14th & 15th June and on Skokholm on 26th June.

2018 - Two over Skomer 19th May, one in St. Bride’s Bay 29th Sept and a single the Gann 18th – 28th Oct (also seen Dale Airfield on 28th) were the only records received.

Records extracted from the Pembrokeshire Bird Report