To finish off our trip to mid Wales we stopped in at the Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm. This was the first feeding station of its kind in the country and has done a great deal to support the population of the Red Kites in Wales and spread Read more…
As a follow up to last night post I have put together a short video showing the Starlings in action as photographs really can’t do justice to the way in which the birds move through the air. Things really kick off about half way through when the seemingly settled flock Read more…
After our exploration of Ynys-Hir we headed back to nearby Aberystwyth where we had a B&B booked for the night. I spent five happy years at university in this town so it was great fun to get reacquainted with the place. One of the most amazing natural spectacles to be Read more…
Most of our time on Saturday was spent at Ynys-Hir, the RSPB reserve on the banks of the River Dyfi. For those that don’t know it I highly recommend a visit. The range of habitats on offer is really rather exceptional with mature woodland blending into open grassland, mudflats, salt Read more…
I’m back from my weekend away and it proved to be everything that I had hoped for. I have a good few posts and lots of pictures to put up here which I will do over the next couple of nights. Before that though I thought I would mention something Read more…
This evening I decided that it was time the new car got to experience what its future life holds in terms of filthy single track roads and a fair bit of off-roading. Thinking about it I should have got a 4×4 really especially when you consider that our holiday home Read more…
Yesterday evening we spent a happy couple of hours watching the female Hen Harrier hunting over Llanrhidian Marsh on Gower. I tried to get a couple of photographs which were largely unsuccessful when I suddenly remembered the video function on my camera. I switched it on and took a few Read more…
As the title of this post indicates I have had a rather successful days birding in Carmarthenshire with two new life ticks added. The weather on waking was looking very changeable so I decided on an impromptu road trip to check out a few new locations. Despite living on the Read more…
This weekend I am unfortunately housebound due to work commitments requiring that I be constantly in the vicinity of my laptop. This is annoying at the best of times but doubly so when the weather outside is absolutely gorgeous. Not to be beaten though I decided to try and photograph Read more…
This evening was a perfect example of why I love living where I do. After being in work all day I headed straight from the office down to Llanrhidian Marsh which borders the Burry Inlet on Gower. My aim was to try and see the Hen Harriers(one of my bogey Read more…