Short-eared Owls near Nolton Haven

Received an email from Richard Harris on holiday in the area to say that this afternoon he had been watching 2 Short Eared Owls quartering a rough fields near Nolton Haven. He sent a digital image of one of the birds (the view of it is a bit distant) and also managed some video clips but hasn't had chance yet to upload these yet. 

They'll most likely be transient birds but worth looking out for perhaps over the following days. 

There were plenty of whitethroats on the Angle peninsula coast yesterday - some appeared to be back in their usual breeding territories.

There were quite good numbers of swallows moving along the Castlemartin peninsula coast this morning (probably in excess of 4-500 in an hour between 09:00 and 10:00) plus a few dozen or so house martins. A female merlin was hunting some of the hirundines above Pen-y-holt Bay.