8 hardy folk met this morning at Dinas RSPB, north of Llandovery, at 09:30 for some Welsh specialities. Within 5 mins of starting the walk, the first of the forecast showers arrived! We endured 3 or 4 of these, a couple of which were pretty heavy. We persevered but the birds weren’t very ‘showy’. We had to make do with brief views of Pied Fly but a couple of Spotted Flys were more obliging. Redstarts showed quite well, but only 1 Wood Warbler was heard faintly but not seen. A pretty damp day all in all but always a nice location to visit. A couple of the group did the whole circuit but us oldies declined the rocky bit. Alan Rosney got back to the car park first and lucked in on a fly-over Goshawk and the two ‘full circuit-ers’ had a fly-by Cuckoo. Thanks to the hardy participants for attending! Update – 35 species were logged – click here for the [now updated] list.
John Wilson