I had noted the presence of 4 Snow Buntings since December 2021 and until Richard Cleobury's photos last week had not seen any photos of the birds.
Myself and Dave Gilbert had met Richard at Mewslade Bay on Gower back in the Autumn whilst 'twitching' the Wryneck there and have become Facebook friends.
I messaged Richard last Friday to ask for some directions/location and Richard replied saying that it would be his pleasure to meet up and he would show us the location, us birders are so friendly and helpful !
We agreed to meet at 9.00am last Saturday morning at the entrance to Pembrey Country Park and myself and Dave rocked up on time.
It was a 25 minute walk along the beach to where Richard had previously seen and photographed the birds and our task was not made any easier by the number of dog walkers playing ball games with their dogs in the vicinity.
The dog walkers moved off and the birds were reasonably quickly found, we can only assume that they had flown into the dunes due to the disturbance and then returned to feed on the strand line, there were however only 2 of the 4 present.
The birds were reasonably confiding and the three of us came away with images that we were quite pleased with even if they were a little 'flat' due to the overcast grey conditions that have plagued us.
We all 'filled our boots' and then decided to move on to Kidwelly Quay for the remainder of the day......
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