Saturday, 22 January 2022

Castlemartin Corse

From Alan Merrett: Hope you don’t mind me reporting my sightings at Castlemartin Corse this afternoon.

From the hide it was very quiet, approx. 20 Snipe feeding where the pond would be.

The Marsh Harrier showed quite well flying over the hide and headed off to the South.

As I approached Starmans farmhouse in the rapidly fading light, there was a Short Eared Owl sat on a fencepost just below the farmhouse and another on a post on the track leading to the farmhouse.

I was then treated to the largest Starling murmuration I have ever seen, my guess would be in the tens of thousands. They came up the valley from the east and landed in the field next to the farmhouse.