14 purple sandpiper, 24 oystercatcher, 40 turnstone, curlew, 2 lapwing, 2 wheatear and a sparrowhawk.

Six sand martins were over the lake this morning and a jay near the reserve centre bird table.

At high tide this morning: 160 golden plover, 24 curlew, 4 purple sandpiper, redshank, 37 turnstone, 76 oystercatcher, grey plover and two common scoter down channel. On the flooded field below Sker House were 3 greylag geese and a pair of mute swans.

Bittern reported seen crossing a cutting in front of the southern hide and an otter on show out in the lake for over 2 hours today.

A freshly dead guillemot was found on Sker Beach today and a luckier individual was found alive and brought back to the reserve centre by a walker (Rhys) this afternoon. An otter was seen close to the southern hide early this morning and the first great crested grebe for over a month was on Kenfig Pool. Still no pochards seen in 2014!

A short-eared owl was reported this afternoon seen in the southern dunes from the yellow trail near where the blue permissive bridleway crosses.

Peregrine and merlin at lunch time today

Two bitterns and an otter reported today. The latter was sitting on reeds at the end of ‘Tree Cut’ left of the southern hide this afternoon.

Orphean warbler in private garden. Viewing arrangements and photos on http://www.pembsbirds.blogspot.co.uk/

There was an otter again yesterday and 16 stock doves over. A kingfisher showed well from the southern hide today.

For anyone who ticked the sawbill last week as red-breasted merganser, it is now widely accepted by most as being a juvenile goosander.

The 1st winter little gull was present again late this afternoon.

The little gull was present again periodically over the pool (per Tony Messinger). A female red-breasted merganser was on the pool and a little stint on the east shore (per Peter Morgan)

Ken Fyfield showed me some nice photos of a 1st winter little gull that was on Kenfig Pool around lunch time. Unfortunately it didn’t stay for long.
Gareth Maund, landlord of the Prince of Wales Inn next to Kenfig, has been seeing a barn own most evenings this and last week. It has been next to the road and over the fields between the pub and Kenfig Pool.

Three small groups of crossbill over and a single brambling. 46 carrion crow at Sker Point and about 150 golden plover.

Bittern reported today. Seen several times by birders who put in several hours effort watching from the southern hide. Kingfisher and water rail seen too.

Birds overhead this morning between 0700 and 1020 from South-west of pool:

Redwing, siskin (14), reed bunting (6), gs woodpecker, mistle thrush, grey wagtail, chaffinch (23), jackdaw (22), swallow (7), dunlin (2) and skylark (14).