Strumble Diary 04/03/2026

 Spring seems to be here at last. A beautiful sunny day at Strumble with birds singing in the coastal margins. Bumble bees active and even a Red Admiral and Tortoiseshell butterfly doing fly by's. Lots more hedgerow activity on the road down as well. The tide race was just starting to run when I arrived three hours into the dropping tide. The wind was SE 3-4, so off the land giving calm conditions out in front of me. The first sighting was of a pair of porps traveling together and they were the same pair I had seen previously on the 22nd of February as posted in my previous blog entry. A couple ot others during the session, one with distinct coloured spots on it's flank. A small group of around six Commons way off to the far side of Pen Caer point seemed to be headed for Fishguard Bay were the only Commons sighted during the session. I spotted several porpoise down beyond the lighthouse later in the session but none ventured up the very strong tide race in front of the lookout. Five Red Throated Divers and a three Grey seals filled the rest of the session and I came away at 12.45pm not having seen any action for the previous 45 mins or so.