A non-muddy walk in the sun this morning across the barrage and round Porth Teigr. A male and female Black Redstart were still on the brownfield area opposite Adventurer’s Quay, although remaining distant in the central area. No song today although recent reports refer to the male in brief song. Also rather unexpectedly there was a Redwing in the same rock pile as the Redstarts. At one end of Roath Basin there was a very smart white-headed Cormorant and I did note a fly-over Linnet on the barrage, which was very busy with people, and an adult Great Black-backed Gull flew over the low tide mud outsde the barrage where there was a nice pattern of gull footprints. I wasn’t set up for the fly-off shot of the male Black Redstart but it does show the tail quite nicely.
Also below a pic of a Song Thrush which has been singing near the dragonfly pond at Cosmeston for a few days now, and a view across a very misty E lake.