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Today I popped into WWT Llanelli whilst waiting fro Nick to arrive from deepest Gloucestershire. Apart from a Peregrine sat on the marsh it was pretty hopeless at WWT. When Nick arrived we had a walk around SWP, and a drive down to Kidwelly Quay. At Kidwelly Quay there were a few waders, with over 100 Redshank, 20 or so Dunlin, a Whimbrel and quite a few Curlew, the highlight was a juvenile Spotted Redshank, pictures are a bit dodgy so we'll skip over them. This evening the Carmarthenshire Bird Club had a TERN watch organised along near Burry Port, with high tide at 19:15hrs we arrived to meet everyone at 17:30hrs and had a great couple of hours. 60+ Sandwich Tern, 3 Little Tern, 6+ Gannet, 4 Common Sandpiper, 41 Ringed Plover, 9 Med' Gull including  three juveniles, three Sanderling, three Rock Pipits, one Northern Wheater and over 600 Oystercatchers.  Oystercatchers Juvenile Little Tern and mix aged Sandwich terns Adult and Juvenile Sandwich Tern ( s

Yesterday evening I did a quick ringing session in the garden and caught two Collared Doves, including this beauty. Collared Dove A common Darter dragonfly was egg laying in the pond Common Darter Today a trip out to Rhosilli band Worms Head found me looking at a, distant, pod of Bottlenose Dolphins? and a slightly closer group of Common Seals Common Seals A group of Chough were a good find on the walk out towards the National Coastwatch Institution building but the photographs are shocking. Red-billed Chough

A visit to WWT Llanelli this morning with 373 Black Tailed Godwit, 124 Redshank, 16 Greenshank, eight Lapwing and  the juvenile Yellow Legged Gull. Greenshank A young fox hunting the "divide" was unsuccessful but very annoying to the birds on the scrape. Young Fox

A ringing session at Oxwich Marsh NNR, so an early star leaving home at 04:30hrs on site in plenty of time, although not sure where the sat-nav sent me this morning?? A steady session with 101 processed, including a couple of Grasshopper warblers, Blackcaps and Willow Warblers seemed to make up the majority of this mornings catch. The Grasshopper Warblers will soon be leaving for tropical Africa to spend the winter. Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia.

Monday dawned overcast windy and wet, well that's a change!!!! I don't do cute and cuddly but well this baby Rabbit...... I popped down to WWT Llanelli as I haven't visited for over a week, it looked pretty bleak but soon things improved. One of the highlights was 469 Black tailed Godwits dropping in, with at least six juveniles in stunning plumage, these are the sub species "islandica" and as the name suggests these birds probably bred in Iceland. 469 Black-tailed Godwit plus, Redshank, Lapwing and a Knot Yesterday a 1st summer Yellow Legged Gull had been reported and I picked it up preening on a grassy island, a bit far for a decent photo, but the very light head and heavy dark bill are good diagnostic features. 1st Summer Yellow Legged Gull sat on the grass bank  in the middle of the picture A Grey Heron struggled with an Eel.  A tricky moment?