Possible Cartlett Lady survey trip on Saturday 8th August.

The weather looks good for an 8+ hour survey trip on Saturday. We have some spaces available, at £110 per person, fantastic value thanks to a fuel donation from Valero. If interested and for more info etc, email me at :seatrustwales@gmail.com. On our last trip we had three Minke whales circling the boat for 20 minutes as well as over 100 common Dolphins etc. (see previous posts and Rich Crossens video!)

Quail

From Mark Piercey: I am not sure if it is of interest but there was a singing male quail calling from 9.10 pm to 9.50 pm this evening at Sutton - approx grid ref 51.802N W005.033

Leucistic or albino Swallow

 A "white" Swallow was seen by Rob Johns on  Pen Caer farmland on Friday. Reported by others two miles away too. The Swallow appears to be an adult with full length tail streamers.. 

Osprey

Was having a bit of much needed quiet time sitting watching world go by, on hillside not far from Gupton Farm, when an Osprey flew over! I did not expect that!! Only passing over and did not hang around.

Please Note: To avoid anyone walking up from Freshwater West and then being disappointed, the path between Starmans and the hide is currently Closed. 

Marloes Mere

The mere's looking great at the moment, plenty of muddy margins and fresh water - a little oasis in this hot spell. New in today was a juvenile Little ringed plover which spent much of the time tucked, almost out of site, in the cattles baked hoof prints. 5 dunlin, 4 snipe were all flushed by an inquisitive red kite making a low pass. 4 yellow wagtails. An adult Lesser black-backed gull with green ring white letters IA on tibia of left leg (I above the A), a Skomer gull I now believe. A few clouded yellow, 2 hummingbird hawkmoths and first migrant hawkers on an earlier visit to a prairie-like Dale airfield. There's some nice pools by the water trough but just pied wagtails and linnets bathing.

Marloes mere

8-9 yellow wagtails around the mere this evening, mostly with the cattle but also picking insects from the margins, some settled in the partly submerged willow to roost. 7 snipe, 3 dunlin. 2 young teal. Nice bright willow warbler and a family of whitethroats. Another Southern Migrant Hawker the pick of only a handful of dragonflies.

 

Giltar Point, Tenby 29th July

From Ian Bartlett: Was great to see good numbers of Stonechat, Skylark, Meadow Pipit and Linnet around the headland yesterday evening and a close up pair of Chough feeding on the golf course was an added bonus.

More Swifts!

From Ian Bartlett: At least 20 circling high above Carew Mill Pond last night (28th). Lots of House Martins and Swallow too.

Swifts again

From Ian Bartlett: 8 Swifts over Carew Cheriton this evening (27th July)