Sunday 22 February 2009

Castlemartin - Harriers

At Castlemartin Corse this morning excellent, prolonged views of a well marked female /juvenile Marsh Harrier as it quartered the marsh putting up all the wildfowl. Also very brief views of an adult male Hen Harrier.
Quite good for wildfowl with the long staying 2 Greylags still present as well as c.200 Teal, 50 Wigeon, 60 Shoveller and 6 Pintail. Lapwings noticable by their absence with only 15 birds and just 60 Golden Plover.
By some cattle feeders on the road (B4320) overlooking Angle Bay 1 Brambling in with a flock of c.100 Chaffinch. (Rich C & Morris North)