Paul's Blog - All comments and views are my own,

My blogging has been rather intermittent of late so a roundup of the past week seems appropriate. I have had a couple attempts at ringing in the last week, they have been rather dismal to say the least with only two birds, a Reed Bunting and a Dunnock, caught. Spring can be difficult especially at such an exposed site as Pembrey Burrows. Despite the lack of ringing success there have been  migrant birds arriving and passing through, with Arctic Tern (thanks to Bernie for the record), Sedge, Grasshopper, Willow and  Whitethroat warblers all recorded. A high flying Marsh Harrier heading south towards the Gower was a latecomer to the year list which now stands at 97 Arctic Tern On the butterfly front there's not a lot to be said, I held a "training session" for three willing butterfly surveyors on Thursday  which turned into a lovely walk but nothing to record, well not anything that was close enough to identify. There's time yet..... Floristically, there