Thoughts from Thursday

A walk from Marloes to Martinshaven was slighty unnerving as the continous stream of eastwards swallows were flying at about head height and had to jink at the last moment to avoid my head!

Watched two baby seals on the beach at Martinshaven - great to be able to watch them without teetering on the edge of a cliff. Also watched a mating pair of seals in the shallow water - the male had his flippers around the female - it all looked quite luvvy-duvvy - I always thought it was likely to be a brutal and noisy affair but apparently not.

4 juvenile Sanderling at the Gann last night - had really close views of the amazing plumage - black and silver spangles and bright white underparts. The two peregrines were doing noisy flying displays which included whizzing along the beach at knee height - I watched them both chase a wader - probaly a Snipe - but it escaped. Saw the Spooonbill flying in the distance - most unsatisfactory. And the 7 Little Egrets flew off to roost, first towards Dale where they joined up with 8 others, then out past the Fort and towards Angle. It appears they no longer roost in the (now dead) pine trees at the Gann.