Robin

Big Garden Birdwatch 2015

On Sunday we took part in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch, the largest citizen science project of its kind and one which has been reporting on the state of our nations birds since 1979. You only need look at the number of people who have already submitted their records Read more…

Cribarth Ridge, Brecon Beacons

Cribarth Ridge Walk from Craig-y-Nos

Start: SN 84136 15182 End: SN 84019 15337 Distance: 4miles Overall Altitude Gain: 854ft Terrain: Relatively steep, dangerous drops, open countryside with no signposts once on the hill Difficulty: Medium – navigation difficult in bad weather Introduction More snow last week meant that we just had to get back out Read more…

My Life Outside blog

Little Egret at WWT Llanelli

The Little Egret I photographed during our last visit to WWT Llanelli really did put on an exceptional display as it successfully fished just a few meters from our position in the hide. We had grandstand seats as it disturbed the mud with those bright yellow feet before snapping up Read more…

Lapwing, Llanelli WWT

Start of a New Birding Year

January thus far has definitely been a little quieter on the birding front than I’d have liked with both terrible weather and the day job principally to blame. Working every day for the last two weeks is definitely not to be recommended at the best of times, least of all Read more…

Brimham Rocks

Brimham Rocks in the Snow

Following our outing to Pen Y Fan we headed off to Leeds for the final few days of December where, as hoped for, there were still significant amounts of snow. Much of it however was patchy with one hillside completely barren only for its neighbour to be under a good Read more…