Penwyllt in Monochrome
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
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Spooning at Penclacwydd
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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Over on the remodelled NRA scrapes we found the Wigeon flock busy feeding along with the rest of the Black-tailed Godwits. All were spooked at one point and shot into the air but whatever it was they saw didn’t make itself visible to us.
With the lagoon steadily filling with birds the sense of something more unusual turning up was high. I picked out a nice Spotted Redshank roosting with the Greenshanks but it was only after we left that an Avocet dropped in. Still, I guess you can’t have everything but nice to know that there’s at least one about.
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Lyme Regis and Seaton Wetlands
Thursday, November 28, 2019
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Black Redstarts, Cirl Buntings and a few Trains
Thursday, November 21, 2019
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Kenfig - Red-backed and Long-tailed
Monday, November 18, 2019
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Eschewing our usual circuit of the main pool we instead made a beeline for Sker Farm where seasonal flooding has formed a large lake just inland of the beach. It was no surprise to find plenty of raucous Herring Gulls making the most of these new feeding opportunities (heard long before they were seen) but we were here for something a little more unusual. That a Long-tailed Duck turned up during recent storms is unexpected though not especially so, but having then decided to stick around for over a week? Those aforementioned worms must be really tasty. Whatever the motives I'm a sucker for sea ducks of any form and it was a delight to spend time with this juvenile, albeit in pretty appalling light.
As with most water going subjects the Long-tailed Duck managed to find the exact middle of the pool and was determined not to stray even a metre closer to either bank. As a result I couldn't capture the frame filling shot I was after but we did get great views including plenty of preening action and some brief vocalisations.
So two new year ticks in the bag but could we go one better? You know I think we can. On Friday a Red-backed Shrike was reported along the Royal Porthcawl golf course boundary (good walk spoiled etc) but with no reports on Sunday I wasn't sure if the bird had moved on or people just hadn't been able to connect. With no-one obviously looking we made a slow pass of the whole area and had pretty much given up hope when a distant House Sparrow caught my attention. By now the light really was failing, despite being only mid-afternoon, and with some distance to the subject that's my excuse for an almost catastrophic misidentification - and I'm sticking to it. Only by reviewing a terrible record shot on the camera did I spot my error but of course by then the Shrike had done a bunk. Thankfully it hadn't gone far and perched up for some more dubious photography a couple of minutes later.
Now Red-backed Shrike is a new life tick for both of us and coming within sight of where we'd seen both the Little Owl and Long-tailed Duck that makes for a mighty impressive few hours in the field. All credit to the initial finders for getting the news out, particularly in the case of the Shrike which is elusive and tricky to find even when you know it should be there!
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Northumbrian Sea Dogs
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
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Of course, there's always someone who decides to play up for the camera!
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Reed Warbler at Ham Wall
Sunday, September 29, 2019
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The Reed Warbler above was probably my best encounter with the species all year and perhaps unsurprisingly yielded my favourite shots to date of this often elusive bird. Sat singing just off the path we were treated to virtually unhindered views and for those of us that have spent many hours scouring reed beds, you'll know how opportunities like this don't come around all too often. In fact so confiding was this individual that in the end we had to walk away with the bird still happily perched and belting out its tune.
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Tornado and the Pembroke Coast Express
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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Dipping Through Waterfall Country
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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Short Eared Owls and Elusive Grebes
Monday, February 25, 2019
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- Adam Tilt
- Hello! I'm a thirty something lover of the great outdoors, currently based in Wales but spending an ever increasing amount of time further north, particularly on the Isle of Mull. This blog is the place where I share my adventures be they walking, birding, kayaking or basically anything else that involves getting out there and exploring.

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