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Spring Arrivals

Sunny Productive Hour

If you find yourself short for time and like me, have to grab whatever time you can between other activities, you'll likely want to make that time as productive as possible. With the help of the Sun shining, I set out to do just that for an hour after work. In that short hour, I had such a great time!
My local moorland is by far the nicest place to get away from the busy, loud, fast flow of general day to day life. I came back from the mountain refreshed and ready for another day and with a few photographs of Meadow Pipit and Skylark that i'm quite happy with. Was really nice to see a Male Wheatear back on territory having migrated from central Africa. Also saw my first House Martin today in the Tranch. 

Easter Migration

Despite the bad weather this easter weekend, spring migrants have still been turning up. Chiffchaff being my first this year followed by a Swallow and Sand Martin. Llandegfedd is yet to pull up an Osprey though and with some already arriving in their breeding grounds up North, we may not get one at all this spring. I hardly took any photographs today as I spent most of my time at Llandegfedd helping general public navigate their way around the Res. Till this day, I really don't condone the actions of Welsh Water to open the site to Public. I feel that a lot has been rushed and therefor neglected since the opening of the new visitors centre. Our wildlife conservation has since been forgotten. The only comfort I have at the moment about securing the future of Llandegfedds Wildlife is the fact that I'm well connected with staff onsite. I hope that my contacts and influence will have an effect on decisions made for this SSSI site. My patience is wearing thin however so alternative solutions are being considered.