A trip back to see my parents on Sunday handily allowed me to pay a visit to Upton Warren nature reserve which is owned and maintained by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. This reserve is a real haven for waders and waterfowl and during cold spells has given me by far Read more…
This past weekend we were treated to the arrival of a true rarity on Gower in the shape of a female Woodchat Shrike. The call first went up on Tuesday after a sighting along the fences near Sluxton farm on the Rhossili downs. By the time I had heard about Read more…
This weekend I had a very pleasant reminder of the wealth of wildlife that can often be found right under our noses. As I have mentioned before on this blog my current house backs onto Penllergare woods, the remains of the stately grounds that used to accompany the family home Read more…
Following our trip into mid Wales, Sunday was spent much closer to home on Gower though in no less spectacular surroundings. For the first time in a few months we visited Rhossili and Worms Head. The number of people there when we arrived was amazing with both overspill fields full Read more…
For those of you that have been watching Springwatch on the BBC this year, you will no doubt have seen Simon King located up at Lake Vyrnwy. The wildlife up there has been fairly spectacular, including a few species such as Redstart and Wood Warbler that I have never seen. Read more…
My final post concerning the WWT London Wetland Centre is all to do with one of the noisiest amphibians I think I have ever come across. Whilst walking around the site I kept hearing very peculiar, and very deep, croaking noises. Initially I put these down to over amorous Coots Read more…
As mentioned in my last post, a business meeting down in Windsor presented me with the perfect opportunity to visit the WWT London Wetland Centre. The site covers 42 hectares and used to be an old water treatment works. After years of landscaping and regeneration the centre is now designated Read more…
Towards the end of last week I had to take a business trip down to Windsor, and used the opportunity to visit the WWT London Wetland Center. I last visited this site not long after it had opened, and since then the lagoons and vegetation have matured nicely creating a Read more…
The Bird Atlas is a project that is running, as the name suggests, from 2007 until 2011. Its main aim it to produce maps of distribution and relative abundance for all bird species breeding and wintering in Britain and Ireland. The last Bird Atlas was completed almost twenty years ago Read more…
Kenfig NNR is a pretty special place, occupying a huge area of sand dunes right next to the massive steel works of Port Talbot. It has also been the best place to see Warblers over the last couple of weeks, so I decided to head on down to see what Read more…