Green Heron ( lifer ) in Pembrokeshire.

We meet up with Brian at 4 am for the long drive to Llam-Mill in Pembrokeshire & we make good time & arrive around 7. 30.
The car is parked at the top of the hill as asked to do by land owner, the walk down to the old mill is at a fast pace & when we reach the bottom a sign had been put up to direct us up the path & another one to send us to the MPs house where the Heron was to be found.
As we enter the garden about 20 other birders were present & we were looking at the Green Heron within seconds to give us all another lifer.
It was showing really well but at the back of the flooded pond, as the morning went on the bird got active & flew a lot closer to us to give us some great views of this little beauty with it's wonderful colours.
People came & went over the few hours that we spent here only amounting to about 60 that was a lot less than we expected to come to this twitch as it's not that often you get a chance to see a Green Heron here.
The MP Simon Harts & his wife came out to greet us all & provide the group with coffee or tea & were very pleasant indeed & the whole twitch was a pleasure to be on.Made all the better when Brian went up the hill to fetch the car to save us the climb.
Now where do we head to looking for a tick or two it's a choice either Fishguard or Stumble head or Marloes.
Marloes wins the day & on the way we pop into Blackpool Mill & after walking the stream for half an hour or so we get to see 2 Dippers to add to year list, just a shame the Mill is now shut as it was a nice place to have a cuppa & a cream scone.
On to Marloes where we pay the £5 parking fee & head up Deer park to look over to Skomer Island
where we soon spot many Puffins both on the water & flying about always a nice tick to see them.
It was a lot harder to find any Chough & we had to walk the park before one flew over our heads calling as it went .Jimmy & Brian got to see a couple more but I was having a bit of a rest & let them enjoy the long walk to find them. A few House Martins fly about to give us a year tick.
So now the long drive home that took us 5 hours with Brian driving that was harder for him than us, but we all agreed that the day was worth all the effort & was one of our great days birding.

Green Heron

Beautiful