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At last, today, after an icy start, felt like Spring! The Wednesday team returned to Morfa Berwig to finish off the task we started last week, (usually the Wednesday team only visit once a month), and did a MAMMOTH JOB which left us, well at least me knackered! THANKS. It was back to tidying up after the work carried out by contractors, on behalf of NRW, raking the banks of the ditch and clearing debris from the ditch, which is flowing nicely thanks to Brian's engineering works, there's a kid in all of us! Oh we had a little bonfire... We made neat piles of the brash which will rot away fairly quickly I hope. With increasing daylight, don't forget the clocks spring forward this weekend, the vegetation will soon take hold, a LITTLE EGRET couldn't wait to investigate our work but decided there was nothing to eat, the obvious birdlife today came in the form of a few pairs of MALLARD and a pair of GADWALL bombing about, a GREY HERON and best off all a GR

Today was the monthly water-bird survey or WeBS which I'm sharing with Simeon. In bitterly cold weather, with a stiff NE wind I was joined by Ed from WWT to survey the section of Cefn Sidan from CE59 to Tywyn Point. Despite the change in the weather there were a fair smattering of birds on the beach with total counts of the following: COMMON GULL c1000, OYSTERCATHER 1637. SANDERLING 792, KNOT 160, REDSHANK 12, CULREW 30, BAR-TAILED GODWIT 3, GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL 24, HERRING GULL 75, COMMON SCOTER 100'S, GANNET 1, SHELDUCK 18, CORMORANT 7. Sanderling, winter plumage (Colin Dalton) Knot winter plumage (Colin Dalton) There was also one Northern Wheatear, (a few reported in the county today), and a movement of Meadow Pipits to the south, (in response to the cold snap?) Northern Wheatear male