Another fruitless search for the Red-necked Grebe, but good to be out in the glorious weather all the same and to meet a few other birders doing the same. The only additions to my counts made a couple of days ago were a Merlin and 2 Goldeneye at Wernffrwd, with another off Dalton’s Point along with 2 Greenshank, 302 Black-tailed Godwit and a remarkable 54 Gadwall (the most I can recall seeing on the estuary, though higher counts are regular on the ponds at WWT). It’s looking more like my PWC list will end on 145, with Hobby back on the 15th September being my last addition. Or maybe there is still time for a Barn Owl, Fieldfare, Jack Snipe, Bittern, Black Redstart, Brambling or Firecrest?