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With limited opportunities to get out and about this week (meetings and car services) we decided to head to the Teifi Marshes this morning to check out waxwings. The four were quickly found, in the trees beyond the Curlew Hide, eating rose hips and hawthorn berries. As is typical of this species, birdwatchers, passing walkers, cyclists and joggers etc. are ignored. Although they are in Ceredigion, we reckon that sometime (with a telescope!) they are likely to be seen from Pembrokeshire!Other birds there included 50+ aerial snipe, water rails and a few reed buntings taking advantage of the seeds along…

This morning we made a pilgrimage to Fishguard to see the Humpback. It was also nice to bump into Ciff Benson, John Green (second time in less than 7 days) Steve Berry and Lyndon Lomax while we were there. It took a while to get to the whale and it wasn’t too close to our view of the breakwater. Whale watchers at the fort will have a better/closer view. However, we are rewarded with some impressive (if somewhat distant) views of it that break through in fairly reasonable light. Some record photos – the views from the Fort are closerThe…