Well I don’t know about you but I’ve got a packed weekend coming up. There are a couple of new reserves that I’ll be visiting for the very first time as well as the small matter of my sisters wedding to attend to. Hopefully this means I will have many Read more…
Plummeting temperatures and the end of a fortnights glorious sunshine coincided perfectly last week with our first camping trip of the year. Our destination for the long Easter weekend was to be Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast, a location famed worldwide for its fossil giving cliffs and spectacular scenery. Read more…
I spent a few hours down at Port Eynon today in visibility that can best be described as poor. For what seemed like the umpteenth time this year a thick band of fog was again swaddling our bit of South Wales forcing me to abandon my plans for a decent Read more…
My last post was very focused on the historical elements of Pembrey country park so in this one I thought I’d take a closer look at the wildlife to be found there instead. We’d actually started our walk that day a couple of miles further down the coast at the Read more…
For once the weekend turned out to be glorious across both days with blue sky, warm sun and a gentle breeze reminding us all that we do get nice weather occasionally. I was on my own for the bulk of Saturday so headed over to Kenfig NNR to see if Read more…
In nature, as in life, it’s often possible to overlook the smaller moments and events that make up the fabric of our environment. While a hunting Eagle or rutting Deer will grab the attention of most of us, have you ever stopped to watch Aphids feeding or a trail of Read more…
I have always been a great fan of walking the strandline of whatever beach I am on as you never quite know what you are going to find. It is often the best way of seeing creatures of the deep that one would not normally get to witness in their Read more…
I have just been processing my backlog of photos and came across a nice selection from the beach at Mumbles Pier taken around the middle of October. It was if I remember correctly the last properly hot day of the year with a clear blue sky and no wind whatsoever. Read more…