Late news from yesterday, July 26th (I’ve only just registered for the excellent new website!)

Kenfig Rivermarsh: 1 greenshank, 3 dunlin (2 summer-plumaged), 17 lapwings, 1 male gadwall among 24 mallards and 11 teal, 1 kingfisher, 4 grey herons, 2 little grebes, etc.

Foreshore: 21 sanderlings, 15 oystercatchers, 18 GBB gulls, c120 BH gulls, 1 gannet offshore.

Dead slow-worm found near the coast-path boardwalk.

Earlier on the 26th with Rich Facey, 2 peregrines at the Millennium Stadium and subad. LBB gull white [D+C] on the Taff Embankment nearby. Like Dan, I was surprised to see a brimstone (Lisvane) but I see there is a late-summer increase in activity of brimstones as they build up fat reserves prior to hibernation http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=rhamni