With October comes the end of the Grasshopper season for another year and probably the last photograph that I will be able to take of one until next May. This Common Green Grasshopper was taken near the Blue Pool on Gowers north coast. There were several battles going on between individuals making the best of what turned out to be the last good weather of the year before autumn struck.
One species which appears to have had a very successful breeding season, at least locally, is the Chough. With their curved red bills and matching legs these charismatic birds are most definitely top of the corvid Read more…
You can’t visit Welshpool without a stroll along its stretch of the Montgomery canal, eminently pleasant at the best of times but particularly so with the sun shining and summer in full flow. We chose Read more…
Finding hidden gems in oft visited areas is immensely rewarding. Take our high tide visit to Banc y Lord a couple of weeks ago as one such example. Another came at the conclusion of our recent long Read more…
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Unknown · May 3, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Hi, I love your blog, so many brilliant photos! My daughter and I do a lot of walking around Gower and today we were at Overton, I suddely realised I have not heard a cuckoo for years, so I wanted to ask you, have you seen or heard one recently?
Many thanks
Anne McCartney