Last night's snowfall

A couple of inches of powdery snow fell last night over much of Swansea and parts of Neath, though once again the milder western end of the Gower peninsula and the Burry Inlet were hardly affected as shown below:

View from Cefn Bryn looking towards the snow-free Rhossili Down (193m) and Llanmadoc Hill (186m).

View from Dalton's Point marsh looking up the Loughor valley with Graig Fawr (276m) in the background

View across Oxwich beach towards Cefn Bryn (186m)

Snow cover in UK on 7th Jan

Hardly surprising that west Gower has so many birds, as this appears to be one of the few parts of the British mainland with at least few green areas showing! Click on image to see it full size.

Image from University of Dundee website (http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/)

More garden feeder action

A Brambling from the kitchen window (in Gorseinon) brightened things up a bit this afternoon and there was another seen on feeders at Newton, Mumbles today.

Snowbirds on the Burry

Grey Plovers and Dunlin
Once the snow arrived the viewing wasn't particulary good on the estuary today. No counts, but very good numbers of the usual species, including Little Egret, Brent Goose, Shelduck, Pintail, Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Curlew, Knot, Dunlin, etc. Little Grebe and Green Sandpiper at Wernffrwd were the only unexpected finds before the snow stopped play.