tutt head sat. am
6 RT Diver west, 1 GN Diver landed on sea , steady stream of auks and kittiwakes , all west.
whitford sands sunday ,
approx 590 sanderling which seems a good count for down here.Also, 24 black tailed gowit,32 ringed plover on beach;pretty stotmy ,otherwise
Glamorgan Bird Club 
Excellent count – only 9 other UK sites average higher counts than this (NB GB threshold for national importance is 160, so well in excess of that). Also the presence of Black-wits there this winter suggests the gradual shift in sediments is making the area more productive? Be interesting to see if these birds stick around…
there seems to be a good feeding area of muddy sediment midway along the sands,which forms a small,sloping bay.This tends to congregate whatever wader sp. are around.Had roughly the same no.of black-wits around 3 weeks ago.As for the sanderling,whether they came from Cefn Sidan area(?),or even Swansea bay area?? , who knows?Seems to be a lot of cockle\muscle harvesting going on.Increased food due to damaged molluscs??