A Male Merlin which sat on a post for c1hr on the edge of the marsh, bizarrely surrounded by Meadow Pipits, not mobbing it at all and seemingly oblivious to its presence.
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| Merlin, distant and cropped |
Then A Short-eared Owl flushed from the foredunes at the eastern end of the reserve, the bird made it's way across the estuary towards the Gower accompanied by a couple of mobbing Herring Gulls, there was a Spring record in 2016.
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| Short-eared Owl, record shot |
This afternoon with the fine weather continuing and high water at around 16:00hrs a short sea-watch produced a Long-tailed Duck and c2000 gulls, mostly Common Gulls loafing on the sea.
The much hoped for early Hirundine did not appear neither did a Northern Wheatear, patience patience.............
Also on the incoming tide was a bouy with a great colony of Goose barnacles attached.
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| Goose Barancles spp? |
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