South Pembs

Sightings from Jeremy Moore - I've just returned from a trip to Pembrokeshire and have a few sightings to report. Like one of your other correspondents I heard a water rail calling just to the left of the hide at Marloes. This was about 20.30 hrs on Saturday night (18th), but there was also another calling on the opposite side of the mere at the same time! Sedge warblers were singing, there was a max. of 3 male shovelers on the morning of the 20th and a male tufted.
A Lesser Whitethroat was calling close to the coastal path near Gelliswick (Milford Haven). Plenty of Whitethroats also.
Two yellowhammers in the area south of the Chevron refinery (Pembroke).
Only two wheatears altogether - one notably on top of the rock stack at the east end of Marloes beach!
On Dale airfield a total of eight choughs, plus the other wheatear that I saw - a male.
Plenty of swallows, and a few whimbrel at Angle Bay.