Tuesday 8th August 2017
After a few odd jobs to do this morning it was off to lead a "beach hunt" event organised by Wales Wildlife Watch Llanelli. In good weather conditions a crowd of 21 children and nine adults, including the organisers, wandered on to Cefn Sidan to explore the beach after the mornings high tide. The first and striking creatures we saw were probably 100's of Barrel Jellyfish washed up on the strandline, not unusual for this stretch of coast. The kids, (not sure if that's pc these days but eh oh), were soon collecting shells, seaweed, feathers and other items to be identified, we were using old "takeaway" containers these are ideal for the kids to carry their finds. I was so pleased to find that some of the older kids were keen to learn and really quite knowledgeable about the items they were finding and were not at all phased by the dead Manx Shearwater one of them found, even when I pulled the head off to keep the skull. Breeding on the offs