Around Eglwys Fach

This afternoon on Foel Fawr I saw 2 adult male, 1 female and 2 very young and spotty stonechats. Also a whitethroat and 2 willow warblers. Earlier at Ynys-hir I was taken by surprise when I saw a large gaggle of barnacle geese - looking from the gate close to Marian Mawr Hide I counted 133 of them close to the estuary.