We met up in the morning for a days birding around the county. We started an Newgale marsh where it was quiet but a nice adult male Kestrel flew through. Next to Broad Haven where we scanned the various flocks of Scoter but only Common Scoter today. in the bay were also 6 Red Throated Divers. On the way to Marloes we stopped at Goultrop where 2 Sparrowhawks were hunting. At the Mere there was a nice flock of 32 Stock Doves and a large mixed finch flock (approx 500 birds) repeatedly being put up by a Sparrowhawk. On to Dale where we were lucky to see the Glossy Ibis in the field where reported on the Blog. Monk Haven car park and SWT was the next stop and the Chiff -chaffs were feeding in the SWT and along the stream totaling 12 birds, mixed in with a few Goldcrest and Woodcock. Over head A Merlin put in 2 fly pasts but was not seen again. Bentlass was next on the list where we managed to find 6 Cattle Egrets and 13 Little Egrets. We rounded the day off at Castlemartin Corse where a ringtail Harrier flew towards the range. then the Starlings arrived on-masse, thousands dropped in to the scrub and reeds and finally we estimated a total number of 50,000 birds, absolutely brilliant spectacle to round off a great day out.
