Whinchat, Kenfig NNR

Whinchats at Kenfig

Kenfig hasn’t featured very regularly on this blog during 2012, but that’s likely to change over the coming months as autumn progresses and the pool once again fills with wintering birds. Those arrivals seemed some way off on Saturday though with the current residents amounting to nothing more than a Read more…

Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Kent

Hummingbird Hawk-moths in Kent

On Saturday I woke to the calls of several Red Legged Partridge beneath our bedroom window, quickly followed by my sister screeching at frequencies normally only discernible to dogs. Oh yes it was wedding day and for the next few hours the cottage became a swarming mass of women fussing Read more…

Oare Marshes

Adventures in Kent

Kent is a county that’s never really featured very highly on my list of places to visit, but with my sister getting married there on Saturday it seemed like an ideal opportunity to at least give the place a chance. I’d heard good things from her about Oare Marshes so Read more…

Llanelli Sunset

Llanelli Sunset

On Tuesday evening we were treated to the most glorious of sunsets from Llanelli foreshore. Under a clear sky and with the tide rapidly rising, it was hard not to marvel as the natural world put on one of its best displays this year. And in case you were wandering, Read more…