Marloes Peninsula on Frieday

About the only notable on Marloes Mere were eight Tufted Duck and possibly more Teal than of late or it could just be that in the calm and warm sunshine they were busy in the open water. Have only seen one Little Grebe here since the freeze.

A bit of a raptor mecca though - 2 Merlin, 2 Buzzards, 2 Kestrels (one caught a Mipit almost be accident as it floated away from a fence post at low level and disturbed the bird as it passed over it - a quick 180 degree overhead loop and it caught its meal for the day), a Sparrowhawk and 2 Peregrine. 470 Lapwings in the fields towards Martins Haven with c.100 Skylark and various flocks of linnets and Chaffinches. Still quite a lot of Fieldfare around but most of the Redwings seem to have left.

On Saturday around 50 Snipe off the Gann and a Partridge of some sort seen briefly on the fields to the east of the estuary.