Freshwater West and Llys-y-Fran

At the reservoir a couple of days ago noted 5 pairs of GC Grebes (two displaying and one with nest material). Plenty of hirundines - c. 20 sand martins, a few house martins, numerous swallows and several swifts over the water . c70 LBB Gulls (99% adults) bathing - coming and going from fields.

Today at Fresh west, passage of whimbrel west - at least 30 birds over the beach in about an hour in small flocks. White wagtails on the beach nr the Harry Potter set - quite something if you are a fan of HP!

Rescued a live adult gannet (no broken limbs but starving), whilst there were at least 4-5 dead ones (various states of decay) on the beach. Dead pipe fish on the beach. I hope puffins etc are not switching to this species off our coastline; this fish species has no real nutritional value and is linked to poor breeding success in many Northern seabird colonies!