Walking north from the church there was a very large flock of curlews and gulls on the rocks at half tide. The curlews flew up and split into 2 equal looking flocks, one lot landed again so I counted 118. Thus the whole flock was in excess of 200 birds.
3 Golden and 4 Grey plovers were also in there.
Over 200 starlings were feeding in the field near the church and a Chiffchaff looked lovely in the sunshine flitting about in the ash trees lining the little river.
Lunch ( those Xmas leftovers do linger) in the beach carpark was enlivened by the appearance of a immature Merlin chasing a rock pipit which escaped so the Merlin flew south along the tideline, a view not often featured in the guide books.
In a particular field below the road there was the usual gathering of Kite and Buzzard, the latter totalling 20. It must be full of worms.
Apart from the usual gulls Bri photographed 2 second winter kittiwakes flying close along the shore so we only noticed them once we looked at the pics.
The Lapwing and Goldie flock were at Ty Gwyn pools; what is happening up there? No access for anyone now?