Tempted by Liz's description of the rural idyll that is Tregaron Bog I left the madd(en)ing crowds of Ynyslas to find a pair of redstarts, 2 spotted flycatchers, and 2 very distant hobbies early this morning. Also saw a single hobby around midday, on both occasions the hobbies were hunting over the SE section of the bog. Meanwhile, back at Ynyslas this evening were many swallows and swifts feeding on clouds of flies over the dunes. A group of starlings chased off the swallows, then they in turn were driven off by a large flock of around 100 black-headed gulls displaying their fly catching skills until the rain came down.