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birding, birdwatching, British birds, Buzzard, Common Gull, Glamorgan Bird Club, Goldcliff lagoons, Little egret, Newport Wetlands, waders
I thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to Goldcliff lagoons and Newport Wetlands with my Glamorgan Bird Club buddies this week. As their names suggest, these sites are perfectly suited to water birds and waders so in the two photos below the birds include Black-tailed godwits, Dunlins, Ringed and Little ringed plovers, Black-headed and Herring gulls, Oystercatchers and Turnstones, Lapwings and Shelducks.
Apparently, 67 species were seen (or heard) though my personal list only totalled 44 – this is because the birds are mostly quite distant at these sites, and I don’t have binoculars, and I can only see so far with the 300mm lens on my camera, so some birds just elude my eyes.
I did, however, manage to grab a blurry shot of a water vole that a fellow birder spotted, and saw some lovely butterflies and moths, and my sightings did include my first ever Knot and Common gull, so I was happy.
earthstar 
So much more to birdwatching than just birds! Looks like a brilliant day out.
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It certainly was. I love my bird club outings.
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So you made it at last. Glad to hear you had a great day out. And a water vole to boot.
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Yep, lucky to get a ride for the club outing. Want to explore more now. 🙂
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There is more than the lagoons. Did the club go along the coastal path to the east. This takes you through a couple of fields to more hidden bird hides – though they were much further away from the water they were overlooking, but it might be different in the winter with higher water levels.
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No, we didn’t do that bit. I will obviously need to try to get there again. 🙂
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