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I helped out with the WEBS counts this morning on Cefn Sidan, between CE59 and Tywyn Point. Although the tide was against us we managed to get decent coverage, best were       c3000 KNOT, c300 Sanderling, c350 WIGEON, and then a GREAT WHITE EGRET on the sands off Kidwelly Quay. There were small skiens of BRENT GEESE moving in the estuary and COMMON SCOTER obvious offshore but not really countable from the beach probably c1000 Back at Pembrey a ringtail, HEN HARRIER put in the briefest of views as it scattered CURLEW, TEAL, SNIPE and LITTLE EGRETS out of the Swan drain. The recent cold weather has resulted in an arrival of birds hopefully they will find the area to their liking and hang around for the rest of the winter. The contractor work at Morfa Berwig LNR is finished just some tidying up to do, it's very muddy "offroad" which is to be expected, the tarmac paths will be swept in the next week or so. Wigeon, Pembrey Burrows LNR - photo Colin D

I went back to Morfa Berwig, in drier conditions than yesterday, to take photographs of the management work being carried out. Now its a wetland site so any work at any time of year will be muddy, and current conditions are no exception. With the entrance on the Berwig roundabout having received a makeover it looks a lot more inviting, when signage is in place it will look even better. Berwig roundabout entrance, south west corner of reserve on A484 Management of the Willow and Gorse is essential as in short order they can both dominate the other vegetation, only about a third of each patch of scrub that needs controlling has been done and the result is open areas which will catch the sun allowing a richer diversity of plants and inverts' to colonise the areas until the scrub needs controlling again. Brownfield area Field 1 Yes it looks a mess and it's certainly muddy, but in  my opinion its a job well done, and in a few months you will not recognise t

I couldn't resist, Colin Dalton has once again sent me a suite of SEO photographs, and the light is so good I know you would want to see them, however before that... Contractors are on site at Morfa Berwig, carrying out fencing and path maintenance as well as habitat management in the brownfield area near the roundabout and in all of the grazing fields, and making the parking area at the roundabout entrance a bit more spacious, (if you see fly tipping here or anywhere else, please report it on 01267-234567). A new "temporary" sign has gone in at the Berwig Road entrance. The habitat management may look harsh but the vegetation will soon recover and the bare areas will provide consistently great habitat for invertebrates, allowing the vegetation to take over diminishes the value of the site for invertebrates, Morfa Berwig has a number of nationally and locally rare species. Photos to follow... Pembrey Saltmarsh, please do not wander out onto the marsh it just

SNOW...., well a few flakes for a few minutes, still SNOW... mind you trying to hammer staples and handle barbed wire in this mornings cold was fun! Still to brighten up a winters day here are a few more of Colin Daltons, Short-eared Owl photographs from Saturday evening. Photographs are copyright of Colin Dalton Listening and looking, Chase on?, Skylark flushed The two Sparrowhawks muscling in on the Shorties hunting