I walked down Castlemartin Corse with John Hayes early this morning close to the reed bed as part of the team conducting a breeding bird survey on the Corse. Plenty of Sedge and Reed Warblers singing as well as 3 Cettis. These were eclipsed however when a Purple Heron flew up out of the reed bed, flew a short distance and dropped back down again. A pretty dull individual - sub adult. Unfortunately there is no public access to Castlemartin Corse yet though hopefully this will change in the not too distant future. In any event the chances of seeing the bird again seem pretty remote if it sticks to the reed bed. The reed bed can be scoped from the upper car park at Freshwater West.
Another highlight was 2 Lapwing chicks - a bird just hanging on as a breeder in Pembrokeshire.
