159 oystercatchers, 22 turnstone and 14 curlew were on and near Ffynon-wen rocks. A single yellow wagtail was feeding with some of Tony Evans’ Welsh Black cattle and a sedge warbler was skulking in some branched bur-reed at Sker Pool. Plenty of autumn ladies tresses were in flower on the short coastal turf at Sker and Pink Bay

A grasshopper warbler was singing near post 3 on the yellow trail south of the reserve centre at 5.30pm. Tony Messinger counted 30 red-veined darters on the east shore of Kenfig Pool.