City News

I met J.B. in the street yesterday and he brought up the subject of Lesser Whitethroats. It focused my mind on how scarce these birds were in the county when I was a budding young birder. I later picked up Lockley's 'Birds of Pembrokeshire' and in it he mentions just a few sightings and the only breeding record was at Llangwm in 1932. He also states that one was heard near St.Davids in 1926, yet in 2010 I have picked up at least five singing males within a mile or two of town. This has to be a success story in the making.
Our Turtle Dove has finally left for leafier lanes having spent ten days in and around our garden. We shall miss him but I dont think the Collared Doves will. He did tend to push his weight around a bit.