i braved the 100mph winds in aberavon beach up to the docks, i did see the ross’s gull, LG, HG, LBBG, BHG and the Med Guls

i also looked in the lake where i saw 4 swans, 8 mallards, 4 coots and a female goosander

the dead bird count was a very sad 6 guillemots some still in summer plumage and some in witer plumage, a fulmar and a ringed razorbill with metal ring on right leg starting with the numbers K16 534 from Brit Museum, London SW4 i managed to get the ring as the bird was rather decomposed and i could identify the bird by its beak 😦 also to my horror down by the old peoples homes not swn y mor but the one before it was a female harbour porpoise which just died as i went to it 😦 broke my heart phoned coastgard and it had been notified and by the time they went to collect it it washed back out to the sea 😦 if i were there earlier i could or tried to have saved it i know it sounds stupid but judging by its blow hole and swollen abdomen, it looked like it had drowned and water and gases filled up the body, tongue was not swollen, it did have a lot of dents in her skin good but very sad day, i did look along the coast to see if i could find birds alive but nope mostly dead ones.