Today Andy Bond , Ken Montandon & myself made a trip over to west Wales in hope of seeing some birds that have been showing there & on the way there I saw a RED KITE near Haverford West , we then arrived at Haverford West for our first bird an Adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING that showed very well in some gardens , we then carried on to the Marloes Mere reserve where we saw the Female American BLACK DUCK that has been there for a while & has teamed up with a Male MALLARD , a Female HEN HARRIER , 5 CHOUGH , 3 RAVEN & my first WHEATEAR of the year .
We then went on to the coast at a place called Dale & saw 14 Pale Bellied BRENT GOOSE , an Adult & a 1st winter MEDITERRANEAN GULL & another first for the year a SANDWICH TERN , our last stop of the day was at the Lamby Lake in Cardiff were there was a 1st winter RING-BILLED GULL .