Ginst and the surroundings

Last Sunday Alex Holland took me around his farmland along the river taf and over towards Ginst Point. Walking through the rush I picked out a raptor quartering the far corner of his land. As if flew along the embankment the white upper tail coverts were obvious, a smart juvenile/female Hen Harrier Other birds of note on the farm were, 4 Teal, 100+ Swallows, 3 House Martins, 6 Sand Martins. On the Taf shore there were 2 Little Egrets, c30 Curlew and a Shelduck, but the heat haze prevented me looking for any other species. At Ginst Point large numbers of Oystercatcher were on the sand, about 200! Elsewhere on the point 45+ Knot, 30 Dunlin and several Ringed Plover. Back on Alex's land a Kestrel gave good views and large numbers of Linnet were feeding in the field. Back towards the car a smart male Wheatear caught my eye, followed by quite allot of Stonechats, 10, and a Whinchat sitting on the barbed wire fence.