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| Sanderling on Swansea Bay |
Date: 24 July 2017
Location: Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea
The weather has been really weird the last few days, so when the sun decided to shine at 6 o'clock we made our way to one of our favourite nature havens: Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea Bay.
I have written a few blogs on this special place and every time I visit I always discover something new. Now owned by Swansea University, this SSSI designated area has an array of different habitats: salt marsh, woodland and sand dunes. We were only there for a hour and this is what we discovered...
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Dragonfly - needs IDing
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| Evening Primrose flowers |
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| The sandy dunes to the beach |
When we got to the beach we noticed lots of jellyfish were being washed up on the beach (we counted over 20 ranging from small to gigantic ones). I think they are barrel jellyfish, but not 100% sure - be great if someone could confirm that they are.
Apart from the jellyfish there was a lovely group of sanderlings near the shoreline. I love the way the run away when the waves come in, then follow it back out...lovely little birds and a new spotting for #My200BirdYear (I am now on 124).
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Sanderling
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| Sanderlings near the waves |
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| Sanderlings with Mumbles in the background |
On the way back to the car we spotted more interesting things such as a flock of linnets, a 11 spotted ladybird and a pellet. Crymlyn Burrows is one of my favourite places in the world, a great place to explore...
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| A flock of linnets |
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A ladybird
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| Some sort of bird pellet |
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