I can’t recall whether I’ve ever seen so many Wheatears in one day so Saturday’s walk around part of Cardiff Bay, with good views of six Wheatears, was certainly a walk to remember.

It was a flash of the white rump feathers of a Wheatear flitting from one rock to another that alerted me to the first group of four birds, moving together along the embankment of the River Ely.

And then, on the other side of the Bay, two more Wheatears were foraging for food along the edge of one of the old docks. What a thrill to see so many of these beautiful birds during their brief migration stopover!