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Wales Nature Week ends today, although there are a few events next week, including a local school visiting Morfa Berwig LNR for a pond dipping session. I went to the reserve this morning to check the dipping platform, as requested, and its ready for use. I then went along to Pembrey Burrows LNR where I had noticed a 16m stretch of fencing blowing in the strong winds we had recently, it was swinging between  about 70 and 45 degrees so couldn't be left just in case the escape committee had spotted it...... No mistaking this fallen fence Three posts, some banging and nine staples and one exhausted body later it was "fixed". oh joy more fence post bashing... On my way back to the maintenance yard I met a "blog follower", can I say again, thanks for the support... Don't forget the Creepy Crawlies and Bug event tomorrow at Pembrey Burrows, with pond dipping, log turning and cattle dung prodding all on offer, oh and the sun may just

I many respects we live in turbulent times , the weather is just one example. Well forecast before the event the rain and wind of Monday 5th was expected, and whilst it's still blowing today its currently dry. The Pembrey reserve will have benefited from the rainfall, although many of the breeding species will have struggled yesterday. The weather station recorded 29.4mm of rain in the 24hrs from 09:00 Monday, (unfortunately currently the chart shows a cumulative figure so does not reflect the true picture)  and wind gusts of over 30mph. Pressure chart, hence the strong winds as recorded below The wind chart is in metres per hour, to convert to miles per hour divide by 0.0006214 Wind speed recorded at the information point at Pembrey in metres per hour the Green line shows the gusts.

This morning I ran a ringing demo' for Carmarthenshire County Council biodiversity, at the Morfa Berwig LNR; as an event for Wales Nature Week, despite the rain we caught enough birds to show the two people who attended, I just don't understand why there is such a lack of interest in our local environment. Thanks to Heather Coats, and Valerie Wilson of the Gower Ringing Group and to Veronica, a stalwart volunteer at the reserve for the help this morning. There was some good news, with two "controlled" birds, (birds ringed elsewhere and re captured at Morfa Berwig) in the shape of a CETTIS WARBLER and a Wren. We know they were originally ringed at the nearby WWT Llanelli. The Wren was originally ringed as a 3J ( a young bird of the year) on 25th August 2016, whilst the Cettis was ringed as a 3J on 23rd July 2015. Wren Cettis Warbler After an early start and back home by 10am I thought I would have a lie down, NOPE not a chance, a phone call from