More tales of the sea... one way or another

 Bore da,  croeso pawb.

Wedi bod yn bythefnos prysur iawn – mae gwaith y gaeaf ar y gwarchodfeydd natur wedi dechrau, a mae prosiectau eraill fel blychau nythu Gwennol y Glennydd yn mynd ymlaen nawr.

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks – the winter work on the nature reserves has started, and other projects like the Sand Martin nest boxes are underway now.

The incessant rain since the start of September has certainly made up for what has been, in my opinion, an almost perfect summer, can the rain now stop !

Sabines Gull

The series of Low pressure systems has delivered some nice birds to the coast, including multiple Grey Phalaropes, Arctic Terns, and Sabines Gull.

Additionally the influx of Glossy Ibis across the UK has reached Carmarthenshire.

Interesting though less welcome have been Portuguese Man 0 War "jellyfish". The Portuguese man o’ war may resemble a jellyfish, but it's actually a siphonophore—a colony of genetically identical organisms called zooids. These zooids develop from a single fertilised egg and bud into specialised parts that can't survive alone.                  Together, they function as one creature,                                                                                                         working in unison to move, and catch food.

The Fin Whale continues to fascinate locals and out of area visitors alike, I have managed to remove the skull, 5m x 2.5m, with the aim of removing any remaining flesh through the winter and eventually creating a display at Pembrey Country Park.

Anyone visiting our Morfa Berwig Local Nature Reserve will see that the winter work programme is well underway, phase 1 is complete with phase 2 planned for later in the winter, don't panic it will look amazing next summer. - go an have a look!

Ar ôl blynyddoedd lawer, dw i’n hapus iawn dweud bod ein safle Ynysdawela’n ffurfiol nawr yn Gwarchodfeydd Natur Leol. Mae’r broses gyfreithiol wedi cymryd tipyn o amser, ond ’di llwyddo cyrraedd y pwynt yna, ac ’dan ni’n gwybod nawr y ffordd orau i fynd drwodd gyda’r pethau cyfreithiol

After many years I am delighted to announce that our Ynysdawela site is now officially a Local Nature Reserve the legal process has taken an age, but we've got there and now understand the best and appropriate routes to navigate legalities .