Wet Wednesday sunny Thursday 15th February 2018

WOW that was wet, almost continuous rain on Wednesday did not deter our hardy band from getting stuck in to various tasks at Morfa Berwig LNR, we were joined by students from Coleg Sir Gar doing community work as part of their Bronze DoE award.

The primary task was to install a new Oak sign at the A484 roundabout entrance, fortunately after a very short while I was delegated to take some of the students and support worker to remove some fencing, which whilst equally wet was a lot easier than digging three holes for the sign.

Despite the best efforts of the "sign team" progress was slow due to the difficulties in digging through the substrate to a depth sufficient to hold the sign, so after lunch it was back to it.

Fair to say we were all wet and muddy by the end of a tough day, some more than others!

Almost there......

..in context

Finished.....

In completely different weather, today, I attended a site meeting with Simeon, local residents, Outdoor Recreation mangers and Bumblebee Conservation to look at a great habitat creation idea in Sandy Water Park...watch this space.

After the meeting Sinead casually mentioned that following a guided walk at Pembrey Burrows LNR last summer she had collected a token specimen of the very scarce Moss Carder Bee, Bombus muscorum a difficult species to identify confidently in the field and requires examination under a microscope. This is a significant find in light of its restricted distribution in Wales and the UK generally being mainly a coastal species.

Another reason to visit Pembrey Burrows LNR, all year round