Somehow managed to avoid bumping into Bob today. I spent most of the morning in the Ynys Feurig hide, hoping for the tide to bring up some waders. It didn't, just Curlews, Oystercatchers and a couple of Redshank. At high tide a couple of Sandwich Terns were feeding just upriver from the Breakwater hide, but the highlights were an Osprey flying upriver, carrying a large fish, and a Peregrine going the other way.
There was also a good passage of hirundines going up the estuary, mostly Swallows with a few House and Sand Martins, and accompanied by at least 25 Swifts.
Robins were particularly tame in the picnic area; I nearly stood on this juvenile.
Harry Pepper
