Pembrey Burrows Wednesday 22nd August 2018
A spell of rather wet weather early on this morning, whilst fixing a broken stile, left me needing to change trousers and put on some waterproofs, I'm not a keen wearer of waterproof trousers but we were about to enter the fresh water reed bed for a spot of ringing ride management. I haven't had time to do any ringing of my own for months so preparing the rides for a spot of Swallow roost action should spur me on. Thanks to Brian and Veronica for their hard and sweaty graft. After lunch we wandered down to CE51 to try and survey for Strandline Beetles, despite a good search none were found, this is likely to be my last opportunity this season to search for this rare beetle. Brian found a beetle of interest which I'm waiting for an ID on;[now updated] I found an Ichneumon Wasp, seemingly out of context on the beach!, I've tentatively identified it as Ophion obscuratus, Phaleria cadaverina , one of the "darkling" beetles a p