Thank you Elfyn for your post on scallop dredging. May I add another important consideration bird-wise is the use of Cardigan Bay as a feeding ground by the thousands of Manx shearwaters and gannets which nest on the Pembrokeshire Islands. The birds are protected where they breed but not where they feed. This link http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120120530/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 demonstrates the importance of Cardigan Bay for shearwaters. Every summer off Borth tens of thousands of shearwaters can be seen sweeping across the Bay. So if you are concerned at the scale of dredging permitted at the moment please do write to WAG, every letter written really can make a difference.
Ynyslas fields yesterday afternoon 55 curlew, 5 dunlin and several transient flocks of lapwing and golden plover. One golden plover was taken by a pair of ravens. The ravens were still looking for an evening meal of plover at Ynyslas Point as darkness fell.