Despite continually promising myself that I would get a proper moth trap together before the end of the summer, I have to admit that I have sadly failed. Never fear though as the tried and tested method of chasing moths around the garden and scooping them off windows at night Read more…
I think it’s fair to say that this weekend has been a bit of a washout given that I have been stuck in the house for most of the day looking out at a wall of fog. At least Saturday was relatively dry so I decided to head out and Read more…
I’ve manged to make it down to the Machynys peninsular a couple of nights this week and have been treated to some spectacular sunsets. The wide horizons and big skies are one of the reasons why I love living in this area, and who wouldn’t with views like these. I’ll Read more…
My curiosity finally got the better of me on Sunday and we headed off to Kidwelly Quay to look for the Long Billed Dowitcher. I’d had a glimpse of what I thought was the bird a few days previously but I was nowhere near certain enough to add it to Read more…
Not only did October 1st herald the arrival of two of the hottest days of the year (28.3 Celsius if anyone’s counting!), it was also the first day of my parents brief stay with us here in South Wales. Normally they drag some horrible wet and grey weather over with Read more…
What a weekend it’s been. Long Billed Dowitcher, Curlew Sandpipers, incredible weather, and that’s just for starters. I’ll begin at the end however with a brilliant encounter this evening involving a Great Skua and Swansea Pier. The Skuas presence was first spotted yesterday and it was still around this morning, Read more…
A spare hour on Friday evening found me walking out from Llangennech onto the marsh. Thirty six Little Egrets were dotted around the numerous channels whilst a similar number of Cormorants were gathering on the power cables above the Loughor foreshore. It was to my feet however that my attention Read more…
A Glossy Ibis was found at Kidwelly Quay yesterday morning and fortunately it was still there when we rolled up just after six that evening. In fact we managed to time our arrival to perfection as we parked, walked the short distance to the appropriate flooded field, found the bird Read more…
After being promised Indian summers for the last two years that have then completely failed to materialise it would appear that we are instead to be treated to an Indian autumn. In a move completely out of character for the last week of September, temperatures have been soaring into the Read more…
Last week was something of a red letter day for the birding scene on Gower with an invasion of American waders. Following up on reports concerning a couple of suspicious looking birds, Barry Stewart and Mark Hipkin were amazed to find both a Pectoral Sandpiper and a White Rumped Sandpiper Read more…