A walk this afternoon from home to Coedcanlas, through Sam’s
Wood and back along the shore of the Daugleddau to Landshipping didn’t produce any new migrants although the behaviour of chiffchaffs near Coedcanlas
suggested that they were investigating suitable nesting habitat there.
It was nice
to see nine stock doves (a flock of seven feeding grassland and two others in the
roadside hedge). These were probably some of the local breeding population from
either Lawrenny Wood or Sam’s Wood.
A great crested grebe (probably one noted a few days ago near Landshipping) was feeding in the channel just upstream from Llangwm with a couple of
cormorants. One mature adult was in smart breeding plumage displaying its small raised crest.
The local greylags were on the shore – probably the pair that we regularly see flying
over our garden.
Shelduck pairs are clearly establishing their territories,
with much noisy displaying activity this week. Along a 3 km section of shore from Sam’s Wood to
Landshipping there were at least five evenly spaced pairs near likely breeding locations.
Teal numbers were bit lower today, c.40-50 at most near Llandshipping Quay but four
Greenshanks were still present in their usual patches.