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MORFA BERWIG extra help Wednesday 11th April 2018

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Well, I really thought I had done this blog... apologies for falling behind. This Wednesday the usual gang were joined by the WWT reserve volunteers as well as the reserve wardens and Edward this years intern; who were having an away day!. The Wednesday gang and most of the gang from WWT We split into two parties, one doing a Water Vole survey Led by Simeon and Neil and the other unlucky group were with me - the self appointed slash and burn gang. All of the trash is now on the far bank leaving a wide area for natural regeneration In decent weather we managed to tackle a host of tasks which was rewarding for everyone, the Water Vole surveyors found plenty evidence of the elusive creatures across the reserve. We are very grateful for the help from the gang at WWT they were great company and hard workers THANK YOU.

Ringing demo' Thursday 12th April 2018

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An early start to set up the ringing nets at Morfa Berwig, disappointedly only one person had booked in but as I was going to be at the reserve anyway there was no point in cancelling it. - the four talks/events so far this year have connected with 52 people. Anyway one more person educated about the mystery that is bird ringing is always beneficial. In the short time only eight birds were caught however with five being newly arrived Blackcaps it was very worthwhile. They were carrying various amounts of fat with scores around 5 or 6 showing they had refuelled at some point on their northward journey and probably only arrived on the reserve overnight. Female Blackcap A phone call around 9:30am from a regular at Pembrey did not bring good news, t would seem that about 30m of barbed wire fence had been pushed or pulled over and the cattle were missing!! Another call from the admin office told me that the 16 cattle had wandered off the reserve, over the saltmarsh and had be

Signs of the day Tuesday 10th April 2018

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Another change in the weather, with Monday being shirt sleeve order and today back to the fleece. I met up with Simeon and the guys from mencap Cymru at North Dock LNR this morning to install the new boundary sign. Easy digging, avoiding the copious amounts of dog mess soon had the sign in place. It was then off to Sandy Water Park to put some interpretation in place for the Bee/Pollinator project we started last week. A quick trip to Pembrey and some public engagement - I always enjoy talking to people who want to know more about the work we do - and my morning was complete. Don't forget the bird ringing demonstration at MORFA BERWIG on Thursday 8am - 10am please call to book a place 07984788218