Redwing from 2010

Winter Thrushes

One of the problems at this time of year is that I don’t get out of work until after dark. The upside is I can clean the house less often as energy saving light bulbs are simply too dull to show the dust, but it also means that evening walks Read more…

Mediterranean Gull (YHE8), Bracelet Bay

Mediterranean Gull Red YHE8

Back in September I photographed several Mediterranean Gulls at Bracelet Bay, one of which was ringed. Regular readers will know that this is a fairly common occurrence there and I have previously sent off details of my sightings to discover the life history of each bird. I did the same Read more…

Common Bonnet (Mycena galericulata)

Midlands Fungi Forage

I was back in the Midlands visiting family this weekend which of course meant that the painful experience of watching Saturday night reality TV had to be endured. I could bore you with details of who danced the best Rumba or which wannabe singer actually managed to hit a note, Read more…

Comma, Slade

Slade Butterflies

Our walk along the Gower coastline last weekend had the added bonus of, as I’ve said, some sun. With it came what was probably only the second decent butterfly display of the year, all concentrated in the small valley beneath Slade. The chilly breeze was completely absent from its damp Read more…

Burry Port High Tide

Burry Port High Tide

Strong winds and the highest tides of the year have combined this week to give our coast a battering. A quick scan of the local paper shows that some significant damage has been inflicted upon the defences at Blackpill and Langland, whilst huge volumes of sand have been shifted around Read more…

Penclawdd Sunset

Penclawdd Sunset

With the terrible weather we’ve been having recently you would think that colourful sunsets were probably off the table. In fact the opposite seems to have been true as a couple of my recent posts on here can attest to. The occasional spell of evening sunshine has not only been Read more…