We walked along Tanybwlch beach today, hoping for our first sightings of Whimbrels this year in their favourite spots at the south end of the beach or the fields just above it. However, as we approached we saw many tyre tracks on the beach and then a car firmly embedded in the sand with two men and a boy nearby. Shortly afterwards a coastguard vehicle arrived, and the coastguard staff didn't seem very impressed with a group of idiots who'd trespassed on a nature reserve and then got themselves stuck. I suspect a large recovery fee and a fine will ensue. Wonder if they had any connection with the group you encountered at Ynyslas on Monday?
Anyway, no Whimbrels, Oystercatchers or other shore birds in that area because of the disturbance, but we saw large numbers of both Wheatears and House Martins. Also far more singing Chaffinches than we've ever heard in that area before; and a Carrion Crow aggressively harrying a Buzzard (including repeated physical contact) over Pendinas.
Helen Ougham and Sid Thomas