The Moths of Glamorgan is the first comprehensive assessment of the moth fauna of the county for nearly two hundred years. It is the culmination of 14 years of research and concerted recording effort in a county that hosts many scarce species. The status, distribution and flight period is given Read more…
On Sunday we took part in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch, the largest citizen science project of its kind and one which has been reporting on the state of our nations birds since 1979. You only need look at the number of people who have already submitted their records Read more…
Aberystwyth pier and Starling murmurations have become synonymous with each other over the years to such an extent that each evening now sees a sizeable group of residents, students and tourists gathered along the seafront. I’m happy to say that over the last decade or so I have been in Read more…
Whenever I happen to mention that we’ve just spent a day in Aberystwyth, the response received is almost universally one of puzzlement. Why bother travelling into the depths of mid-Wales they ask? My answer is always simple. A stunning coastline, one of the countries best preserved seaside towns and of Read more…
If you watched this weeks Winterwatch then Chris Packham’s film on the joys of looking for animal and bird prints in snow may have roused your interest. It certainly did mine as this is already something we do on a regular basis, or at least as regular as can be Read more…
Start: SN 84136 15182 End: SN 84019 15337 Distance: 4miles Overall Altitude Gain: 854ft Terrain: Relatively steep, dangerous drops, open countryside with no signposts once on the hill Difficulty: Medium – navigation difficult in bad weather Introduction More snow last week meant that we just had to get back out Read more…
Despite a forecast of doom and gloom Saturday dawned clear, sunny and, if not warm, then certainly above the freezing conditions I’d been expecting. To top it all the strong winds of recent days had been banished to leave an unexpectedly peaceful and tranquil landscape. With a light mist still Read more…
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…