Croseo pawb,
Another busy week which has kept me on my toes, as usual, I've dealt with fish poaching, illegal vehicle intrusion, and odd things going on with a "Badger Sett".
The relevant authorities are dealing with the poaching and vehicle issues whilst I have investigated the "goings on". Nothing of concern as there is no Badger sett just an outlier burrow probably an old boar Badger or one of last years youngsters pushed out from the main sett, quite common at this time of year when the sow badgers will be giving birth.Our amazing volunteers have been out and about, today they were at Morfa Berwig LNR, where I joined them this afternoon for their first reptile survey of the year, a very productive survey with 16 refugia to check and a total of 22 Slow worms, five Grass snakes, although two were out basking away from the refugia and just one Common Lizard. One refugia had seven Slow worms in a loose ball under it an incredible sight, another had Slow worms, a Grass snake and a Bank Vole.
Find out more here Species – Bank Vole – The Mammal Society
As is to be expected summer migrants are arriving en-masse, with at least two Little Gulls, a Bonaparte's Gull, a visitor from across the Atlantic, gracing our Sandy Water Park lake. find out more here Bonaparte's Gull | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
Another LNR appears to have a pair of Mandarin Duck on a small concealed pond, I will keep an eye on them and see if anything develops.
Fingers crossed the weather starts to behave and become more spring like....
