Monday 24 September 2018

Cleddau rivers

A couple of visits to both Cleddau over the weekend:
- 20+ House Martins and 50+ Swallows feeding around Gelli on both Saturday and Sunday. Unlike near the coast (where it felt as though Ireland was emptying of hirundines in a single day), these showed no obvious signs of migrating. 
- On the Western, near Treffgarne, 4 Grey Wagtails, a Dipper and a Kingfisher. This last was particularly welcome: I have seen them far less frequently on this stretch of the river than in previous years, presumably a consequence of last winter. Dippers seem to have held up better, fortunately.