The State of Nature in Carmarthenshire

Hi Pawb,

Now there's a headline to get into.

State of Nature reports are produced by Natural Resources Wales, NRW, and Welsh Government, WG. on  a regular basis; so a report focussed solely on our county is to be welcomed.

My friend and colleague Isabel Macho is the author of this recently published report and it is worth an in-depth read, The State of Nature in Carmarthenshire 

Here are some headlines to whet the appetite

(if you click on the image it should enlarge) 

In other news another busy week has been slogged through with the highlight being able to see and hear the appreciation from birders and photographers  that the wildlife feeding station at Llyn Llech Owain Country Park is up and running again for this winter season.

I am so grateful for the donations towards, and of, food to keep the feeders full many thanks.

The feeding station, we call it a wildlife feeding station as its not only birds that visit, under darkness we have Foxes, Badgers and the occasional Fallow Deer calling by; is recognised as one of the easy sites to observe Willow Tits, oddly they have been noticeable by their absence so if you do visit and see these birds please report it on the Carmarthenshire Bird Club website 

Submit sightings - Carmarthenshire Bird Club

The very similar Marsh Tit, illustrated here, has not been, positively, recorded at Llyn Llech Owain Country Park

Feeding station Reopens

 Croeso pawb,

Its nice to be back after a well deserved break, well I thought I deserved it anyway. It was certainly a lot cooler and wetter in Llanelli.

With autumn well underway now its noticeable how many trees still have leaves yet to think about changing to their autumn colours, whilst the Poplars are almost stripped bare the Norway Maple at Ynysdawela is looking superb.

I've had a few enquiries about the feeding station at Llyn Llech Owain County Park, asking if its going to be running this year, well after a man with a strimmer and a gang of eager participants from Carmarthenshire Youth Services I'm pleased to say that the feeding station is up and running.

It didn't take long to attract the birds, and today the photographers and birders are enjoying their antics.

When using the hide please respect other users and don't hog the front row if there's a queue, and certainly don't put up any sort of netting across the viewing slots!

The Wetlands and Estuaries Bird Survey, WeBS, count was very quiet this morning with disappointing numbers at the lakes that I check in the Millennium Coast Park, and at Old Pembrey Harbour, however a Kingfisher at Ffynnon Helyg and another this one hovering, at Old Pembrey Harbour were nice to see as were the 15 Curlew.