Clettwr walk

I took a walk along the banks of the Clettwr this afternoon. A dipper was by the footbridge. Lots of activity in the adjacent fields with feeding lapwing, golden plover, curlew, redshank, snipe, as well as redwing and thrushes. There were 18 redshank closely grouped on the land between the river and Morfa Cyf. Nearer the railway bridge there was a solitary pink-footed goose grazing in a field on the left hand side walking towards the bridge. It looked to tame to be a truly wild bird but then maybe it was used to people (or maybe Bob & co smuggled it in the boot of a car following their recent sojourn in Norfolk- no worries there are still 99,999 pink foots left there!). The only birds of prey I saw were kites and a buzzard. There were shelduck and teal down by the railway bridge. On my way to Treddol earlier I counted 60 redwing in the field by 'The Lodge'. This seems to be a favorite location for them as I have seen birds there before.