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

With the weather taking a step back (3rd April), it was good, on Monday, to see a range of flowers blooming or just thinking about it, including the first Green-winged Orchid just breaking bud. The early birds were busy and I saw my first Song Thrush and Blackbird carrying food, its amazing to see the birds scurrying over the ground stopping and listening before diving into the earth and pulling out a worm or grub. Chiffchaffs are singing everywhere in the Pembrey Country Park and there were several along the track to the information hide on the reserve. A pair of Gadwall were on one of the grazing field ponds for the second spring in a row, they probably won't attempt to breed ae there is little cover to hide a nest. An Orange Tip was the first butterfly I have seen for a few weeks after that brief February warm spell. There are still birds coming to the feeders, mainly Great and Blue Tits, but not enough to explain how they are emptying so fast, so I put the tra