Assuming it might be a bit murky on the coast this morning, we decided to have a walk through Panteg and Pengelli Forest, where we had not been for very many years. In the mid-late 1980s, one of us (Bob) used to record the Pied Flycatcher colony breeding in nest-boxes in Panteg, so today's visit was bit of a walk down memory lane so to speak!
The woodland habitat looked quite nice, but the overall structure was much less open than we remembered it being 30+ years ago. We heard a couple of male Pied Flycs singing on the edge of Panteg but they were not particularly obvious. We assume that a small population is still breeding in the nest-boxes. Garden Warblers were singing in a few places, outnumbered by Blackcaps, but other than resident woodland species, it seemed fairly quiet this morning.
We also went over to Strumble after lunch to check out a chough site near there. Just as the rain was setting in we noted a small passage of Swifts (2 followed shortly afterwards by 6 others) all heading west. Hopefully, they have now returned to the limestone sea-cliffs in south Pembs., where a small population breeds. We did not see any there a few days ago.