LETTER OF THE WEEK
Pintail problems
As both a birdwatcher and a wildfowl enthusiast, there’s no duck I enjoy seeing more than a pintail. Supremely elegant and always pleasing to the eye, it is the most handsome duck on the British list. However, I have to agree with Mike Swan that Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) decision to remove them completely from the quarry list on the Burry Inlet in South Wales is quite ridiculous.
Pintail are one of the world’s most numerous ducks, with an estimated world