Gupton/Castlemartin Corse this morning & St David's Hd this afternoon

Because we had to go to St David's Head by lunch time, I did my survey area earlier than the others and so missed seeing the bittern. The area I covered was generally quiet for wintering farmland birds, apart from a couple of hundred linnets that landed briefly on the electricity wires before heading off over the reedbed to the dunes and a thousand or more starlings.

I did manage to flush from the ground a Lapland bunting however, with a few skylarks. It left towards the Angle direction.

Choughs were also feeding in the area - a flock of 16 at first but they dispersed with most going over to Broomhill Burrows. It was nice to see a colour-ringed female from Linney Head (now about 10 years old, having been ringed at a nestling at Stackpole). She was feeding with her mate and both looked quite healthy.

Later on Annie and I had a chilly few hours at St David's Head until dusk. Not much seabird movement noted. The usual resident auks and a few red-throated divers were feeding offshore, and 3 common scoters flew north.