Stackpole/Bosherston this afternoon

We had a stroll around Bosherston Lakes and the Stackpole coast this afternoon. It was generally quiet really. A few jays were out and about collecting acorns (it seems to have been a good mast and good fruiting year). We did hear (but did not see) a firecrest. It called briefly up in the canopy of the ivy-clad sycamores, about half way down the track from the Stackpole Centre to the 8 arch bridge (quite a typical location for them). There didn't appear to be many other woodland birds of note in the trees. Firecrests often arrive at the Stackpole/Bosherston area from about this time of year, some regularly overwintering in the lakeside woodland. 

Out on Stackpole Warren it was very quiet apart from the usual resident rock pipits, the odd skylark here and there, 4 choughs and a kestrel resting on the cliff near Mowingword. Having opened its mouth wide, the kestrel looked like it was about to produce a pellet but nothing emerged. Maybe it was just having a good old yawn?  

There were quite a few red admiral and small tortoiseshell butterflies on the wing today - what a difference a day makes!