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Goldeneyes and Goosanders

This weekend I travelled over to the Ogmore estuary again to see what was about. I was mainly hoping to see Purple Sandpipers for only the second time ever but had no luck. What was there though was fairly spectacular. The lower estuary saw my first ever Water Pipit on Read more…

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Red Necked Phalarope

After finishing work last night I decided to head over to Ogmore as there had been reports over the last couple of days of a Red Necked Phalarope feeding in the flooded fields bordering the river. I arrived at the last known sighting location opposite Ogmore Castle, but due to Read more…

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A Weekend Of Firsts

Due to the glorious weather this weekend I succeeded in getting out and covering most of the Burry Inlet as well as parts of the Gower, Ogmore estuary and Kenfig NNR. Saturday was spent navigating the Burry Inlet as well as taking in Port Eynon. In all we saw 52 Read more…