Great Grey Shrike at Cross Inn Forest

Roger Merry and I had a good morning round Cross Inn forest this morning. Highlight was a great grey shrike. I note someone else has seen it this afternoon and put on Birdguides. Other birds included 2 separate male bullfinches, redwings, fieldfares mistle thrushes, goldcrest and great spotted woodpecker.

After we sojourned to the Harbourmaster for large glasses of Sauvignon Blanc, with Roger having the tasty skate and myself enjoying the spinach, perl-las and pumpkin risotto, both today's specials.

Redwing but no mermaids

Hundreds of redwings flying over as we met for the Wildlife Trust fungus foray at Hafod this morning. Beats the four I saw down the Rheidol valley yesterday, though four brent geese flew up valley but could not be found again. Thought that a big splash in the reservoir might be a mermaid but I think that those are strictly marine.