Croeso pawb,
Another week has drawn to a close although this particular week sees us enter into astronomical autumn, which happened at 1:45pm today Sunday 22nd September 24, of course as I've said previously the natural cycle of life has seen autumn underway since at least mid-July.
As expected with the time of year, there were some big tides this past week and I spent an hour or so early on Friday morning with the rising tide at Old Pembrey Harbour which is part of the WeBS monitoring project, where there was a great mix of birds on show.
The best of the birds were Arctic, Common and Sandwich Terns, Kittiwake, the first Pintail and Wigeon on the marsh and close to 4000 Oystercatchers squeezing onto the tiny areas of remaining sand.
A busy week of meetings and surveys drew to a close when I led a Bat walk at our Ynysdawela Nature Reserve on Saturday evening, we avoided the thunder storms , we were treated with head height Soprano and Common Pipistrelles, a high Noctule and elusive but recognisable Brown Long-eared Bats; a distant calling Tawny Owl pleased those attending.
Autumn is a favourite time of year for many people, including myself, a change of species as wintering birds arrive and a transition from times of abundance to tougher times for our wildlife, I'm sure there will be surprises to be discovered if you get out and about.
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