Sunday, 9 March 2025

Sawbills and other bits and pieces

Pair of courting red-breasted merganser at Llys-y-fran yesterday, presumably the same pair as this time last year. Is this just a stop off on their way elsewhere or are they intending to stay local? Very small gull roost barely 500 large gulls when I left, no small gulls. A male Goldeneye. 8 Great crested grebe, 2 pairs courting and another pair in a regular nesting spot. Chiffchaff, chiff-chaffing. 20 Redwing. Almost forgot to add there were 3 egrets among cattle along the A40 opposite Hwest golf course Saturday, first impression was at least one was a Little egret but driving at the time.

A goosander between the Trader and Priory ruins, Haverfordwest. Singing dipper by the county offices this morning. A flock of a dozen or more Greenfinch in the ash trees around the Parade. Blackcap singing.

Marloes mere in the week, male merlin and couple of pintail on a very full mere.

The Dowrog last weekend, just a single ringtail whilst scanning from near Penberi reservoir, a Barnacle goose on the reservoir.