This afternoon at least 6 wheatears (all looked quite bright large Greenland race)
were feeding on the coast at Stackpole and a whinchat was perched on gorse on Stackpole
Warren.
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still present below the Castle at its usual location later on this afternoon. Heron numbers
were higher (at least 13 resting on the mud - dispersing birds?) – 8 in Pembroke
River channel between the Castle Pond outlet and Wogan’s Cavern area, 3 in the
Castle Pool channel and 2 more in the Middle Pond area.
183 mallards (previous highest was 176 in 1997) were counted at the Pembroke Millponds at the weekend
and also 74 moorhens – the highest yet recorded by WeBs counts - their numbers have been rising steadily over the last 6 years.
