My early morning walk around the shore and Pill at Llangwm this morning began with a veritable swarm of noisy goldfinches in the trees overlooking the shore at Ferry Bay. Feeding along the tideline at Llangwm Ferry were 79 blackwits with further 33 on the tideline on the opposite side of the Pill (probably the most I've ever seen in Llangwm at any one time). Also present were a couple of hundred lapwing and at least 100 dunlin. There were 38 shelduck plus our ruddy hybrid and maybe more unsighted in the gullies. The usual numbers of teal and redshank were widespread along the Pill together with 19 mallard and solitary curlew, greenshank and little egret. Our two mute swan youngsters are beginning to exchange their grey/brown feathers for white. We are hoping that their parents will attempt to raise another brood this spring and their 'raft' has been refurbished with a new ramp and wooden rails and is sporting a lush mound of grass in readiness.
Cheers...
Graham Brace