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I was joined by Wednesday gang members, Veronica and Neil for what turned out to be an interesting day. We started by cutting reeds for Pembrey Primary forest school, they have a structure they wish to thatch. (There were no signs of any bird activity in the small area we cut) to be honest we've left it a bit late it has not been possible to get into the reedbed to do any cutting due to the high water levels as such the quality of the reed has deteriorated during the winter, I'm sure the pupils won't mind. Cut reed, ready for thatching! A wander over the dunes looking at the Green-winged Orchids and finding Moonwort on the way took us to the beach where we then did a recce of the eastern end of the beach around "the nose" prior to a planned litter pick on Monday 14th May, today the beach and "the nose" were very litter free but still enough work to keep a few people occupied on the day. Moonwort Unusally litter free (ish) As we w

Nothing to report for last week, all very quiet really, the weather has played its part in holding back the slow progress that is Spring 2018. New bird for the year list were Manx Shearwaters reported by Bernie, (thanks again). Today saw some interesting activity with a Royal Navy destroyer anchored off shore as part of the military activity taking place over five days, soldiers landing by hovercraft on the reserve section of Cefn Sidan and then a group of them working their way in full battle dress, guns and all, across the reserve!! No more to be said really