Its time to count the heronries, a project which has been running since 1968 and which for the most part has been carried out by one of Ceredigion's celebrated ornithologists:Peter Davis.
I have taken on a nearby wood and now realise how difficult it is to work out whether the nest of such a monster bird as a heron is active when there can be 4 nests in one tree and one can only look up....with attendant risks!
Unfortunately 3 dead youngsters and one embryo littered the forest floor no doubt a consequence of the sudden change in our weather earlier this month.
p.s. I'll try and get a pic of a fluffy and alive chick next visit!