I’m sat here on a Sunday evening after what has been a very enjoyable weekend indeed. We kicked off with the first proper days birding on patch in 2015, a session which delivered some really top notch species including the always hard to find Woodcock, followed up today with a Read more…
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…
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…
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…
A new year calls for new goals as once again I shall be eschewing the traditional resolutions in favour of an undoubtedly more achievable set of plans and ambitions. I did the same thing last year, though in a far less formal way, and ended up having one of my Read more…