This morning I had a dotterel roosting on the spit at the western end of Newport sands, visible from the parrog. A really odd sight! It was broadly associating with a small group of Dunlin and ringed plovers. A combination of rising tide and increase in dog walkers through the morning made the flock jittery, and I last saw the dotterel flying upriver with a couple of dunlin. Please excuse the record shot, as it testifies, I'm no photographer!
Onwards for a wander around st David's head, hoping for some new migrants. Not to be- it was relatively quiet. The only obvious migrant being a single Wryneck, but quite possibly a lingering individual. Since finding four there about 10 days ago, I have been regularly spotting a couple of birds in the valley behind Porthmelgan. Today's bird was at the far end of the valley, in the area beyond the willows (if approaching from Porthmelgan) which seems to be a popular area for the species, with three birds there on 7th.
Almost simultaneously Fiona found a Wryneck on Castlemartin range, in scrub above the eastern side of Bullslaughter bay (picture below), and later in the day a whinchat at Brownslade farm.
