On our way home this evening, at about 16:40 hrs, we noted a skein of c.180 geese (most likely to have been greylags). They flew over the A477, in roughly a NW (or WNW) direction, passing quite high over or near Carew Millpond and probably over Carew River, perhaps heading towards Lawrenny or somewhere north of there.
We had a look across the Daugleddau at Landshipping Quay at dusk to see if they had settled somewhere in that area, or over on Sprinkle Pill-side. The tide was high. We could make out six little egrets roosting in a distant tree, c.150 lapwings were flying around low over the water, and hundreds of gulls (most probably Black-headed) were flying up-channel off Sprinkle Pill. However, no obvious geese were seen or heard. We wondered if they had possibly flown further up the Western or the Eastern Cleddau system. We are aware of occasional morning greylag flights heading in the approx direction of Carew, and we occasionally hear them heading towards the Daugleddau near Landshipping late in the afternoon. If they are flying a regular route, hopefully we (or someone) will catch up with them somewhere later in the week.