Anne & I did a walk from Penarth Marina, across the barrage to the Norwegian Church for a coffee & snack, and back again. There was much action in the old dock where the Sand Martins nest – see the pix below and a short vid from my Youtube channel. I’ve never seen a Sand Martin that close before. The old dock also had 2 pairs of Tufted Ducks and a Grey Wagtail. In the scrub by the path beyond the swift tower a Common Whitethroat was song flighting and there were 6 Shelduck on the mud outside the barrage. A few Swallows were over the bay and a House Martin entered a nest cup on one of the Penarth Marina houses. The adjacent R. Ely embankment had 1 Common Sandpiper and 2 Turnstones