A walk in the dark and a surprise, Friday 6th October - Saturday 7th October 2017

A late evening visit to Pembrey in the hope of ringing some waders, was the plan with a very high tide, perhaps too high for the task and just a lonely Oystercatcher ringed. But apparently it was a "nice walk", there was something surreal about splashing in the sea in the dark!

The surprise came as we arrived at the beach where a Grey Seal pup raised its head to check us out.... still in it cloak of white(ish) fur it paid little attention to us until Gwyn had to walk passed it when it did get a bit agitated.

I don't do "cute" but there's no denying that

the soulful look in those eyes did give me a warm feeling...

I was concerned that it may have been too young to be on it's own, the nearest colony is at Worm' Head on the Gower, it sneezed a couple of times and when we returned from our "nice walk" it was soundly asleep.

Just a bit of curiosity

I returned this morning to see if it was still there but it had moved away, hopefully rested and fit enough to fend for itself.

Typically I only had my phone hence the poor photos but it was after sunset!