Sand Martins have returned to make their home in former power station duff cliffs at Burry Port, despite large sections of the embankment being lost to winter storms.
A large swathe of the headland, seaward of Burry Port Woodlands, was sliced off in the winter storms including an area used by the nesting migratory birds arriving from Africa every year.
But the recent hot weather has attracted them back and they have been busy excavating their new nesting homes. More than 200 holes have appeared in the cliff face and flocks of them are zooming about the beach and headland feeding on prolific insect life there.
Twitchers have been turning up to record the busy bird families and locals have been camping under the cliffs watching the aerial manoeuvres.
Millennium Coastal Park conservation ranger Simeon Jones said the swifts were remarkably resilient. “They have faced much the same dilemma that many humans with the winter storms but have just got on with rebuilding what nature has taken away,” he said.
“The reason why they are so prolific in this location is that the duff cliffs are well drained and easy to excavate but the insect feeding opportunities with the woodlands immediately behind their tenement accommodation blocks is rich and diversified.”
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