I went round most of the spots on both sides of the Teifi Estuary yesterday (Friday) described in Wendy J's very informative map - see her 15th September blog. I must have been the Ceredigion side of the river when John Davis was at St Dogmaels.
A lot of Oystercatchers and Curlew from down the road from the Webley Hotel. Various morphs of white to dirty cream geese among the flying Canada Geese Possibly there was a knot but it was too far to be sure even at the higher end of my zoom. Saw wigeon, little egrets, lapwing and bar-tailed godwits from St Dogmaels Quay. The special treat was a kingfisher catching a 'minnow'. I thought of Elfyn for some reason when I read the mermaid story on the wood carving. Broke off for lunch at the Webley hotel - half a small lobster, too much salad and chips for £12. Perhaps it was the excellent glass of Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, but I start thinking of what was the better side of the estuary and that perhaps we should have a friendly bird race competition between Ceredigion and Pembs birders.
In the afternoon black-tailed godwits from the railings back in Ceredigion and about 40 mute swans. Twelve of these swam round the spit to in front of the rocks at Patch. Dunlin and ringed plover on the rocks. It would have been great to see John's squirrel land. It is certainly a good estuary with many accessible watching spots.
All this didn't help my bridge tonight - came 9th!