Tuesday 15th September 2015

After the first real gale of the autumn and with high tide at 08:15hrs I thought it would be perfect for a quick seawatch at Pembrey Harbour.

The small marsh to the West of the old harbour

It proved interesting, with the following sightings betwwen 07:30hrs and 08:30hrs seemed longer?

cropped pic of GBB Gull

cropped pic of Sandwich tern

Three GBB Gulls, 11 Common Scoter, 2 "Auk" sp, 2 adult Gannet, 12 Turnstone, five Dunlin, c150 Ringed Plover, c 600 Oystercatchers, 29 Knot, 22 Sandeling, four Sandwich terns, 11 Pintail, three Stonechat, five Skylark, 2 Northern Wheater ♀ type, .

Oystercatchers, count them if you want

Northern Wheater ♀ /immaturetype

All in all a pretty busy hour.