Tuesday 7 December 2010

Teifi and around

2 Brambling with a flock of over 500 Chaffinches on Cardigan Island Farm Park "set-aside" fields viewed from the road to Ferwig. Also a Merlin and around 200 Linnets. Numerous Skylarks but they were hidden in the stubble.
On the river from Heron hide, 10 Goosander (3 Drakes) and 3 Goldeneye. 50 Mallard is a higher count than usual for this time of year.
At high tide a good number of waders in the estuary, 126 Dunlin, 20 redshank, 2 Turnstone, 26 Ringed Plover and 2 Sanderling.