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Phew! well after watching the weather forecast all week this morning the weather was spot on for my first session at Pembrey Country Park. It's always interesting and challenging the first time a new site is ringed, how many nets? how will the wind direction affect the nets and therefore the catch? what will we catch? are there enough rings? all these questions were answered today. I was joined by "A" grade permit holders, Heather and Cedwyn from the Gower Ringing Group and by Veronica who provides the "scribing" service (Veronica does the writing!) I was on site for 06:15 and set the first couple of nets in the dark ready to catch any redwings leaving their night time roost, when the rest of the team arrived we put up another net near the feeders. It proved a decent first session with 44 birds of 12 species caught and ringed. Mistle Thrush, there is a good population of these stunning thrushes in the park Blue Tits dominated the catch as is usual wh