Mumble it Softly

The proposed £39m upgrade of Mumbles Pier is, in one sense, welcome (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west_wales/10332703.stm) with a repairing of the structure and the building of new flats etc. It is a little sad, however, that the Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colony that currently nest on the closed area of the pier will be displaced. I appreciate that these gulls are not rare but it was one of the easiest locations to view these birds at the time of egg laying and chick development.