With a good nights sleep behind us we woke refreshed on Sunday morning. The single feeder that we’d put up was already starting to attract birds with a pair of Chaffinches and a Goldfinch stopping by during breakfast, whilst a few meters away a Grey Heron startled us both as Read more…
Of all the hundreds of posts that I have written to date on this blog, I find none more difficult to construct than those which cover our visits to the Isle of Mull. Its wildlife and scenery is always outstanding, sometimes even unbelievable, and in trying to portray the sense Read more…
Remember our rather barren walk around the local WWT reserve at Llanelli recently? Well last Sunday couldn’t have been more different. There are still a few winter residents around the place including four Wigeon on the NRA scrapes, but the vast majority of departed birds have more than been made Read more…
Last week birding on patch was dominated by the continued arrival of spring migrants, as well as some very interesting behaviour from a few of our resident birds. After seeing my first Swallow of the year at Rhossili on Tuesday it was very nice to find one over Bryn-bach-Common the Read more…
After the torrential downpour that was bank holiday Monday I was very happy to wake up the following morning to glorious sunshine. Fortunately for me I’d booked the day off work so headed down to Gower with the aim of walking the coast from Port Eynon to Oxwich. What I Read more…
On Saturday we woke early and by nine were already parked up in the small coastal village of Seatown in preparation for the days walk. Our destination was to be the top of Golden Cap, the tallest point on the south coast of England at 191 metres and a landmark 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…
Due to ongoing garden projects we again spent this past weekend at home, and once more were simply amazed by just how much bird life we saw either in the garden itself or flying overhead. The regular feeder visitors have now become so used to our presence that on Saturday Read more…
Why is it that you can go the whole winter without catching a cold but as soon as the nice weather arrives so does the man-flu? This week hasn’t been all bad though as I’ve caught up with several jobs around the garden and just generally enjoyed the feeling of Read more…
Now that the dark days of winter are behind us it’s so nice to be able to get home from work and put in a four mile plus walk before the light has completely gone from the sky. Yesterday was even better as with the sun shining it meant that Read more…