Wednesday 24 February 2010

Birder's Bonus 67


Noted a Curlew (Numenius arquata) flying on to the Swansea Bay SSSI. The Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) seem to currently be spending an inordinate amount of time on the grassy areas of the Swansea University playing fields.

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