Furzenips to Bluckspool area

Reasonable numbers of usual coastal waterfowl this morning, including a family party of 6 pale-bellied brent geese (2 adults and 4 juvs); 125 oycs, 72 curlew, 59 ringed plovers, 6 turnstone, 3 sanderling, 5 dunlin, 1 little stint. Several sandwich terns were moving east offshore; 8 seen in 30 minutes but probably many more passed along the coast during the day.

Further in land, nr Brownslade Farm a flock of at least 250-300 goldfinches and an additional c. 100 linnets were feeding on plentiful hogweed and ragwort seed. Very many juv goldfinches in post juv moult - they have had an excellent breeding season in south Pembs this year.

Small numbers of reed buntings appeared to be moving east over Frainslake valley (about 15 seen in all) along with small numbers of skylarks - at least 200.

Migrant butterflies coming in off the sea included large white and painted ladies, but no clouded yellows noted here yet.