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Thursday 19th November 2015

Another overcast wet day but at least the wind eased off quite a bit. A visit to WWT Llanelli produced. B H Gull 243, Common Snipe 45, Lapwing 25, Pintail 11, Greenshank 6, Spotted Redshank 2, Brent Goose 2, Dunlin 1, Stonechat ♀, Peregrine 1. Given the conditions of persistent rain not a bad hour and a half birding. No photos today still issues with Blogger and Windows 10.

Wednesday 18th November 2015

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Well yesterday Barney came and went winds locally up to 76mph so quite a rough evening  this morning was still overcast and breezy. Today I went and volunteered with the Millennium Coastal Park (MCP)volunteers at a local place called Morfa Berwig. or Berwick Levels, sounds grand but nothing on the scale of the Newport or Somerset levels but nonetheless a really nice low lying area of wet meadows, reedbeds, ditches and scrub. Typical habitat at Morfa Berwig  L-R Dan (keep wales tidy) Veronica (MCP volunteer) Simeon (Conservation Officer)  The area had become derelict a few years ago but through the efforts of MCP, Amphibian and reptile Conservation (ARC) and Keep Wales Tidy it is on its way to becoming a nice and interesting area for wildlife, with an indigenous population of Water Voles on site. The site needs some grazing so today we were making one of the fields stock proof again. Despite the on off rain the job was done and finished.

Tuesday 17th November 2015

So we've had Abigail, now we wait for Barney, well a lull in the shite weather of late, got me down to Pembrey harbour for high tide. Given the strength of the wind in the past few days, and it was blowing this morning I thought there may be a few unusual sea birds about but nope. Instead the faithful regulars in were sheltering from the weather and the tide. Oystercatchers 700+, Ringed Plover 106,Mallard 13, G B B Gull 5, Dunlin 3, Wigeon 2, Sanderling 1?, and then it rained..........