Recent Sightings (7th-13th July)
Millennium Wetlands
This week saw a duck count on the Millennium Wetlands to be 8 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 21 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck and 3 Shelduck. Also on the water has been 3 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron and c.100 Black-Tailed Godwits. Also, c.80 Black Headed Gull were counted and 4 Greylag Geese and 2 Moorhen. On the reserve there has been 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 16 Goldfinch, 2 Blackcap, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff. Furthermore, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Whitethroat and 1 Reed Bunting were included in this weeks counts. As well as the 6 Swan Cygnets near the Lilly Pond, 3 new young have been seen on the Eastern Scrapes where our other pair nested.
British Steel Hide
Out on the Saline Lagoon 3 Juvenile Grey Heron as well as 1 adult were in the area. There was also 4 Little Egret, 1 Spoonbill and a Sparrowhawk. There were roughly c.20 Sand Martins feeding on the marsh as well as 69 Black-Headed Gull, 5 Shelduck, 4 Greylag Geese, 2 Herring Gull and 4 Lesser Black-Backed Gull.
On the Dafen scrapes 10 Lapwing, 8 Greylag Geese, 34 Black Headed Gull and 1 juvenile Shelduck were counted on 13th. There was also 1 Swallow, 5 Blackbird, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Herring Gull and 1 Grey Heron.
Work is commencing at the beginning of next week on the Dafen Scrapes. For more information follow the link on what plans we have to transform this area for breeding birds: https://www.wwt.org.uk/news/all-news/2018/07/wwt-llanelli-news/biffa-award-grant-to-wwt-llanelli/
Other Wildlife
On the 12th a White-Letter Hairstreak was seen within the wildflower meadows that lead to the Heron's Wing Hide, although its main habitat is in the surrounding Elm trees where they seen on Aphid honeydew.
