A 5 am start in beautiful conditions starting in llwyncelyn. Usual common woodland species with the addition of 3 singing male Redstarts along Cwm Hafod (no wood warbler or pied flycatcher seen or heard). Plenty of common warblers in the scrub bordering the predominantly oak wood. Into the fields beyond and onto Penrhiwgwynt plateau produced, amongst others, a displaying Tree Pipit, 3 Wheatear,3 Stonechat families, 8 Mistle thrush feeding in a field,  a single female whinchat and an unseen Cuckoo calling.